This place is for the list of good sources of plants and materials like bulk soil to save money
Orange County Places selling Bulk Soil
Aguinaga Green www.aguinagagreen.com
See their contact us page for location hours and phone numbers.
Three Orange County locations. Sells to consumers and to business by the pickup or truck load. Franks Prefered potting / soil mix is “Special D” mix
27910 Baker Canyon Road Silverado CA 92676
16355 Construction Circle West Irvine, CA 92606 Near Jamboree and Barranca.
410 West Grove Avenue Orange CA 92865 Near Glassell St And Meats
Tierra Verde Industries
56 Fairbanks, Irvine, CA 92618
Near the Grear Park in Irvine off Sandcanyon
Sells to consumers http://www.tierraverdeind.com
Source of raw materials – Gardeners, Construction waste, Compost from Landfill greenwaste from homeowner green waste containers. May have construction waste and microplastics and Other in it.
R&S Soil Products, Inc. – Unknown if they sell to comsumers
1 Magazine Road Irvine, Ca 92618 : (949) 830-8882
Near Irvine Blvd and Alton Pkwy
https://www.randssoil.com
Mostly Mulch’s and Topsoils . Not much sandy loam in the soils. Mostly Compost based.
Whittier Fertilizer Co – http://whittierfertilizer.com
9441 Kruse Rd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660 (562) 699-3461
Laguna Hills Nursery 714.542.5600
1829 N. Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705
http://www.lagunahillsnursery.com/
Sells Gary’s Top Pot and Gary’s Beat Acid Mix Potting soil. by the bag. Gary’s Soils are considered to be one of the higher end soil mixes you can get. While costly, consider the value of the plant you are working with.
Nurseries
Laguna Hills Nursery 714.542.5600
1829 N. Tustin Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92705 North of 17th St and Tustin Ave
http://www.lagunahillsnursery.com/
Also offers Class’s every Saturday Mornings from expert Gary Matsuoka
Every Saturday Morning at 9:15 am at their store in Santa Ana. Topics vary by week.
Dave Wilson Nursery www.davewilson.com
Sells to commercial businesses only
La Verne Nursery Inc https://lavernenursery.com
now Everde https://everde.com/
Sells to commercial businesses and limited direct purchases
Jon Verdick’s Encanto Farm in the east San Diego area. Nearest cross streets are Hwy94 and Federal.
Bulk Purchasing With Members involved
What is the point of having a lot of people with similar purchasing needs if bulk purchases benefiting members is ignored?
As a club we should be getting input from members on what we could order in a bulk purchase.
There are pros and cons of a bulk purchase.
If you request it, you should be expected to buy it.
The plant is being ordered direct from the growing nursery, so quality should be better and less chance of plant illnesses & weeds compared to someone selling out of their back yard.
Cost is typically lower than nursery’s since no markup involved.
Orders usually have to be placed 8 to 12 months before delivery, and availability is not guaranteed ( ordering earlier ensures best availability.
Variety’s generally more than what in Nursery.
Less chance of incorrect plant variety due to switched tags like in the store.
Things people have stated they are interested in purchasing in our early 2025 wholesale plant purchase. This is not open to the general public. Only people who have received our email or people who are members of CRFG Inc. Lower down the page past the form is a list of submissions others have expressed interest in.
Submit what you would be interested in getting if available and price good
After we get more feedback on what is wanted and the qtys, then we can send out an email to the persons interested with estimated plant costs to get it finalized
Some plants come as bare root plants.
To avoid any unnecessary delays, we are only giving this phase, around a 1 week time limit to submit requests is being given from the list emailed to you. The final date is 11/11/2024
Deliver expected estimate Feb 2025
List will change / expand / retract as date approaches and more information arrives from participants
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