Nursery

Plants for your home and your garden

At Scarborough Gardens Nursery you’ll find everything you need to make your home and garden special. Our plants appeal to a wide variety of people, whether you’re an experienced master gardener or just a beginner. You’ll find all of the supplies and decor you’ll need to create a beautiful garden, indoors or outside. We have a friendly, plant loving staff with years of local gardening and nursery experience, and they love to share their knowledge. We also have a California Certified Nursery Professional available to assist you. Let us help you select the right plants or creative combinations for the right location in your home or garden. We are also qualified to identify and advise you on the safest and earth friendliest products on bugs, critters, diseases, weeds, plant nutrition and other garden problems commonly occurring in our Santa Cruz County gardens. We offer a discount to landscapers and are happy to deliver. Leashed pets are welcome!

Plant Selection Our Nursery carries a wide variety of plants including rare and unusual selections that perform well in our climate. Our stock includes trees, Japanese Maples, shrubs, natives, annuals, perennials, vegetables, and organic vegetables, groundcovers, ornamental grasses, bamboos, conifers, pond plants, bonsai, cacti and succulents and house plants.	Gardening Supplies Are you missing a few tools or looking for the latest in ergonomic gardening supplies? We can help! We carry a large selection of the latest gardening tools, including many that are ergonomically designed making your task easier. You’ll also find that our plant care products cover all your plants needs in the most environmentally friendly ways available.	Garden Décor We carry an extensive selection of statuary, fountains, birdbaths, whimsical garden art, pottery, arbors, and trellises to help make your garden space an expression of you and your style.

Useful Links

University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum

University of California, Cooperative Extension

University of California, Davis Integrated Pest Management

Garden Compass Radio
KSCO AM 1080
Sunday 8am-10am

Bob Tanem Radio
KSFO AM560
Saturday 7am-10am

Proven Winners

P. Allen Smith