Quercus Landscape Services

04/02/2026

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/46drhk6/lp/7779ea49-3a9d-4783-8207-fbeb8d8e2b6b

12/03/2025

https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/zakynyz/lp/05df7aac-aa89-40f1-8f41-fc255b057c0f

THIS SATURDAY! Register now!

Join us at The Blue Oak nursery to make your own holiday wreath to take home and enjoy all season! Bring your own materials, come early for a community materials collection party or we will supply a basic frame and seasonal foliage and decorations. Location and details for pre-event materials collec...

11/11/2025

Bird watching event Saturday in Porterville!

10/31/2025

Peyton will be at The Foothills Festival tomorrow — Nov. 1 — at River Ridge Ranch

The Blue Oak nursery will be open regular hours 9-1.

Read below for Festival info:

Forecast for Foothills Festival: Fair and Fun
The 8th annual celebration of our local natural world is happening on River Ridge Ranch in Springville on Saturday, November 1, from Noon – 5 PM. Expect temperature in the low 80s, along with an abundance of smiles and laughter!

The Foothills Festival combines music, arts, food, activities, education with a chance to visit a private, protected ranch.

River Ridge spans 722 acres, offering full protection, and is surrounded by the vast Sequoia National Forest and the Giant Sequoia National Monument, which together cover 1.3 million acres. The North Fork Tule River runs through the site, which is home to bear, deer, lion, coyote, gray fox, badger, ring-tail cat, raccoon, skunk and over a one hundred species of birds. You can hike from 1,000’ to 3,000’ at the “Ridge” on a 4.5-mile trail; at the top you will find magnificent views of giant sequoia groves and the valley floor. If you want to hike the mountain, bring water, sunscreen, boots, hat and expect to spend 3 hours roundtrip. As you walk, you will pass from riparian corridor, through old fields, blue oak woodland, and into chaparral.

Down below, in The Compound, The Throwback Kids band will be playing all afternoon, Route 65 Grill will offer their lovingly crafted tacos and aguas frescas for sale, numerous agencies and organizations will have tables and can answer your questions about native plants; you’ll be able to purchase native plants for your home, too (Alta Peak chapter of the California Native Plants Society), birds (Tulare County Audubon Society), land conservation (Sequoia Riverlands Trust), and gardening (University of California Cooperative Extension).

Stop by the Long Beach State table and learn about their research on River Ridge and their programs in Geography, Environmental Science and Policy, and GIS. Who knows, they might let you touch a drone?
And this year we welcome Tulare County Deep Roots/Foodlink to the ranch.

Around the 2,000 sq. ft. Pavilion, a selected group of artists will be offering metal sculpture, clothing, elderberry handmade flutes, fine art, wildlife carvings, pottery, and handcrafted knitted and woven wear.
For more information, email [email protected]
River Ridge is located at 37675 Balch Park Road, Springville, CA

08/13/2025

Don’t forget the Springville Bees and Seeds meeting this Saturday August 16th at The Blue Oak Nursery http://theblueoaknursery.com/

The meeting starts at 8:30 am , and then Quercus Landscap Design hosts our 20th Anniversay Celebration from 11:00 to Noon.

See you there!

Current Inventory Pre-orders welcome Yes! We can contract grow! Wholesale Orders Welcome Special Orders Welcome Visit the Nursery Open Saturdays 9 – 1 and by appointment 35211 Hwy 190 Springville, CA 93265 The nursery may be closed on rainy Saturdays. Please call ahead. (559) 206-7175 Plant Contai...

07/03/2025

We're postponing the writing in nature workshop at The Blue Oak nursery, but we're still open every Saturday 9-1 and Quercus Landscape is availabe if you have irrigation issues or are ready to start the design and planning for a new landscape this fall. Both businesses - The Blue Oak and Quercus Landscape Design-- specialize in California native plants, low water, climate-adapted plants and no or low/lawn.

04/23/2025

We reuse/repurpose nursery pots of all sizes. Drop off at The Blue Oak nursery or dm me.
35211 Hwy 190, Springville CA. Thanks!

04/22/2025

04/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1074580684703070&set=a.555144479980029&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr

Beneficial Insects Spotlight: Soldier Beetles

Soldier beetles are beneficial insects and they look a lot like lightning bugs, but don't have light-producing organs.

They are also known as "leather wings", and get their name from the soft, cloth like wing covers, which when they are brightly colored, are reminiscent of soldier's uniforms. The adult beetles' blackish and red coloration also alerts predators that they don’t taste good.

The adults are active during the day and they are predators, eating caterpillars, eggs, aphids, and other soft-bodied insects. They will also eat nectar and pollen if no insects are around. Because of their frequent contact with flowers, soldier beetles are important pollinators. They do not damage flowers or other plants and are harmless to people.

To attract them to your garden, do not use pesticides. Also provide them with a variety of flowers. They favor ones in the Asteraceae and Apiaceae families, as well as other species with clusters of small flowers, such as milkw**ds.

Some examples of Apiaceae flowers are carrots, celery, parsley, fennel, chervil, dill, and Queen Anne’s Lace.

Some examples of flowers in the Asteraceae family are yarrow, coreopsis, sunflower, dahlia, zinnia, aster, cosmos, and Black-eyed Susan.

More info about soldier beetles: https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/natural-enemies/soldier-beetles/

More info about flower families:https://ucanr.edu/sites/placernevadasmallfarms/files/170644.pdf

Photo: Kathy Keatley Garvey, UCCE

04/06/2025

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1067018975459241&set=a.555144479980029&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr

It’s W**d Season!

Winter rains have watered all the w**d seeds that have been in the ground waiting for the rain.

But wait! Some of those tiny seedlings look a lot like some wildflower seedlings that you tossed onto the ground earlier in the autumn or winter! You don’t want to pull those up too!

We’re here to help!

Take a look at this link for common w**d seedlings:https://jcast.fresnostate.edu/w**dscience/documents/AS%20publ.pdf

And… watch this YouTube video from Master Gardener Pamela Trounstine called “Be a W**d Warrior”.

Join us for a look at common w**d types and their weaknesses. She'll discuss Integrated Pest Management and the tools that give gardeners an edge when going into battle. Learn how to identify that vexatious vine in your backyard and the problem plants all around Santa Clara County.

https://youtu.be/3CHuBGk6ShA

Photos: left is California poppy seedling, our beloved state flower, right is fumitory, a w**d.

**ds

04/02/2025

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=970392918575415&set=a.313666924248021&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr

🌿 30 Days of Native Plants Starts Now! 🌿

Getting to know the native plants around you is one of the best ways to feel more connected to the land we call home. And in California, there are over 6,500 native plant species — more than any other state!

To celebrate California Native Plant Month, we’re introducing you to a small but stunning sampling of the incredible diversity growing all around us, one plant at a time.

Today, we’re kicking things off with our first plant of the day:

Desert candle (Caulanthus inflatus)
• Bursts into bloom with reddish-purple flowers after spring rains—pollinators love it!
• Thrives in California’s Mojave Desert, inner coast ranges, and southern San Joaquin Valley in a variety of habitats with fast-draining soil.
• The name desert candle reflects the stunning, glowing appearance of the inflated stems in the afternoon sunlight.

To find more ways to get involved this month visit bit.ly/californianativeplantmonth-fb

Photo credit: Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus) Jim Morefield