Where can desert gardeners purchase native, near-native, or drought-tolerant plants? Here is a list accurate as of May 2018 of commercial nurseries (and one non-profit) in southern California that have been recommended to MBCA by local residents and Landscape Tour participants. Please contact us (info@mbconservation.org) if you have additional recommendations. Also, the California Native Plant Society provides a statewide map of native plant nurseries of all kinds (with links).

Cactus Mart*
Morongo Valley
(760) 363-6076

Unique Landscape and Cactus*
56637 Twentynine Palms HIghway
Yucca Valley
(760) 365-1511 (no website)

GDNC Cactus and Plant Nursery
Desert Hot Springs
(760) 329-7207

Adam Hall’s Plant Nursery 
Moreno Valley
(951) 674-9422

Moller’s Garden Center
Rancho Mirage
(760) 346-0545

Tree of Life Nursery
Carlsbad
(949) 728-0685

Moosa Creek Nursery
Valley Center, CA
(and partner nurseries in Riverside-see website)
(760) 749-3216

Theodore Payne Foundation
[A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit]
Sun Valley, CA
(818) 768-1802

 

*Supporters of MBCA’s Desert-Wise Landscape Tour

Senator Feinstein's Direct Email Page

331 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington DC 20510

@SenFeinstein

202-224-3841

40B Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington DC 20510

202-224-3553

1222 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

202-225-5861

14955 Dale Evans Parkway

Apple Valley Town Hall

Apple Valley, CA 92307

760-247-1815

34282 Yucaipa Boulevard

Yucaipa, CA 92399

909-797-4900

Gavin Newsom, Governor

State Capitol, Suite 1173

Sacramento, CA  95814

916-445-2841

Chad Mayes, Assemblyman, 42nd District

State Capitol Building

Sacramento, CA  91249

916-319-2042

41608 Indian Trail, Suite 1

Rancho Mirage, CA  92270

760-346-6342

Shannon Grove, State Senator 16th District

To email click "Contact the Senator" on this page

State Capitol, Room 3063

Sacramento, CA  95814

916-651-4016

5701 Truxtun Ave., Suite 150

Bakersfield, CA  93309

661-323-0443

Dawn Rowe, 3rd District Supervisor

SupervisorRowe@SBcounty.gov

385 N. Arrowhead Avenue, Fifth Floor

San Bernardino, CA  92415-0110

909-387-3018

63665 Twentynine Palms Highway

Joshua Tree, CA  92252

760-366-1488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a wide mix of community residents involved from all areas of the Basin, as well as representatives from local governments, from community, business, and conservation organizations, from the Mojave Desert Land Trust, and from Joshua Tree National Park and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

Support for this project was provided by the Sonoran Institute. Both public input and conservation science were used to develop these information-rich documents.

The report and interactive map together provide a comprehensive picture of which areas of the Morongo Basin are considered by its residents to be particularly worth conserving, and which areas may be more suited to development, and why.

 

Joshua Tree National Park

Our National Park is key to the environmental and economic health of the Morongo Basin.

 

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park Association

Desert Institute

National Parks Conservation Association      

Roadrunner – Joshua Tree National Park Shuttle Bus

 

Public Lands in the Desert Region

(official agency sites)

 

Sand-to-Snow National Monument

Mojave National Preserve

Mojave Trails National Monument

Castle Mountains National Monument

Anza Borrego State Park

Indian Canyons and Palm Canyon (Tribal lands)

Santa Rosa San Jacinto Mountains National Monument 

 

Conservation and Education Organizations in the Morongo Basin

These non-profit groups have a mission related to MBCA’s, preserving and supporting our natural desert environment, and educating and engaging residents in the well-being of our community.

 

Andromeda Society

California Desert Coalition

Joshua Tree Astronomy Arts Theater

Mojave Desert Land Trust

Sky's the Limit Observatory and Nature Center 

Twentynine Palms Astronomy Club

Southern California Desert Video Astronomers

The Wildlands Conservancy

Transition Joshua Tree

Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Hi Desert Nature Museum

 

Regional and California Conservation and Educational Organizations

These non-profit groups support desert conservation and preservation.

 

Mojave Watch

Friends of the Desert Mountains

South Coast Wildlands

Basin and Range Watch

Mojave Desert Blog

Alliance for Desert Preservation

 

National Conservation and Educational Organizations

These non-profit groups are often engaged in issues affecting the Mojave Desert.

 

Center for Biological Diversity

Defenders of Wildlife

National Parks Conservation Association

Conservation Lands Foundation

The Wilderness Society

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

 

 

Desert Science Education

Learn more about the science of the desert through these sites.

 

California Native Plant Society, Mojave Chapter

Home Science Backyard Conservation Projects *

KCET (Public Radio) Environment section

South Coast Wildlands

Calflora (for researching plants)

Mojave Environmental Education Consortium

 

Morongo Basin Water Districts

Lots of water conservation information at these sites!

 

Bighorn Desert View Water Agency

Hi Desert Water District

Joshua Basin Water District

Twentynine Palms Water District

Mojave Water Agency

Golden State Water Company (Morongo Valley)

 

 

 

*Thanks to an environmental science teacher and her students affiliated with the Old Louisville Student Conservation Association for contacting us during an internet project and making this suggestion!