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Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants

Address: 10459 Tuxford Street
Sun Valley, CA 91352

Region: California

Phone: (818) 768-1802
Fax: (818) 768-5215
Web: www.theodorepayne.org

Organization Structure: Private Non Profit
Organization Scope: State/Regional
Organization Type: Natural Heritage

Services this organization provides

  • Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
  • Work on restoration projects
  • Wildflower or native habitat display on property
  • Provide educational programming
  • Open to the public
  • Membership program
  • Offer public programs, trips, seminars, etc.
  • Propagate native plants
  • Native plant sales

Native Plant Focus: The Theodore Payne Foundation operates a native plant nursery that sells to the public, and has an active seed collection program in Southern California. TPF also operates a wild flower hotline (818-768-3533) that covers the state of California.

Publications: newsletter (quarterly), seed catalog (on request)

Description: The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc. is a not-for-profit nursery and organization dedicated to preserving native plants of California through education, promotion and restoration of California landscapes, and the propagation and sale of California native plants to the public. In 2003, the foundation celebrated 100 years since Theodore Payne opened his first nursery and started selling California native plants and seeds. Theodore Payne came to Los Angeles in 1893 and fell in love with the California flora. He urged the use of California native plants and lectured across the state on preserving landscapes native to California. By the time he retired in 1958, Payne had made over 400 species of native plants available to the public. The mission of the foundation is: to promote and restore California landscapes, and habitats; To propagate and make available California native plants and wildflowers; and to educate and acquire knowledge about California flora and natural history.

Last Update: 2004-02-23
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