Sierra Azul Nursery & Garden, Watsonville

About Sierra Azul Nursery & Garden

Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens in Watsonville specializes in Mediterranean climate plants from around the world, including edibles, fruit trees, shade garden plants, and drought-tolerant species. Visitors explore a retail nursery and two acres of demonstration gardens featuring mature plants in garden settings, accented with sculptures from local artists. The nursery grows manzanita, ceanothus, sage, toyon, monkey flower, rockrose, rosemary, lavender, thyme, and numerous sages. Other specimens include grevilleas, banksias, proteas, leucadendrons, and pincushions from Australia and South Africa, along with shrubs from Chile and various grass-like plants. The demonstration garden welcomes landscapers bringing clients, homeowners seeking mature plant examples, artists painting, bird watchers, teachers with classes, and families for picnics. A gift shop offers garden tools, t-shirts, hats, dried floral wreaths, vases, handmade boxes, Talavera pottery, note cards by local artists, and recycled oil drum wall plaques from Haiti. The gardens host workshops, classes, and events throughout the year.