The Growing Natives Garden Tour (GNGT) is a free, self-guided tour of gardens within our Chapter area that feature a minimum of 70% California native plants. Sign up to tour the gardens or volunteer as a docent or greeter! Or consider becoming the coordinator for our year-round Garden Previews. 

All are welcome to tour the gardens in this, our 23rd Annual GNGT, but advance registration is required to receive garden addresses. These tour gardens are attractive, water-wise, and low maintenance. They also use a minimum of chemicals and provide habitat havens for birds, butterflies and pollinators. California’s native plant gardens increase wildlife corridors in fragmented habitats, preserve our natural ecosystem and promote biodiversity in our built environments. They help restore nature, one garden at a time! Native plant tours provide inspiration and information for native gardeners, designers, and growers.

Over 50 of our home and public gardens landscaped with California native plants will be open to the public for in-person tours on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. On Saturday, registered visitors may tour the gardens in these southern Chapter locations: Alviso, Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga. On Sunday, registered visitors may tour the gardens in these northern Chapter locations: Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, Belmont, San Mateo, Hillsborough and Sunnyvale.

If you can’t attend in person on tour days, you can visit online anytime at www.gngt.org, which has a page for each garden including descriptions, photos, videos and plant lists.

Admission to participate in GNGT is free, but registration is required at www.gngt.org to obtain tour maps with garden addresses. Register for the tour early to ensure access to late-breaking information. Only one person per group needs to register.

Help spread the word! Print or post the GNGT flyer from here: www.gngt.org/GNGT/Pressroom.php.