Thank you for making the 2026 Native Garden Tour a success
To everyone who was part of this year’s tour — our visitors, garden hosts, designers, docents, day-of volunteers, sponsors, partners, artists, and the many volunteers and board members behind the scenes — thank you.
The Native Garden Tour is volunteer-powered from start to finish, and we are proud of the community that brings it to life.
Where Native Plants Thrive, We Thrive
When native plants flourish, they create gardens full of life, where everything is connected. Songbirds return, butterflies flutter by, and the landscape feels alive in a way that ordinary gardens do not. Surrounded by this living richness, we experience calmer, greener spaces and a deeper connection to the natural world.
Tour artist impressions
This year’s tour featured a wonderful range of artists in selected gardens, each bringing a different creative response to native plants, nature, and place. Their work added beauty, reflection, and another layer of connection to the native plant world throughout the tour. These slides offer a few impressions; for the full list of participating artists, see below.
SEE FULL LIST OF ARTIST VENDORS AT THE TOUR
We are delighted to share this year’s Tour artists with you.
Select gardens on the 2026 Native Garden Tour will feature artists whose work is inspired by native plants, wildlife, and the natural world. From pottery, jewelry, textiles, watercolor, garden art, and even botanical baked goods, these artists add another dimension to the tour experience.
Inspired by native plants, Ainara Calahorra Romillo creates thoughtfully upcycled, one-of-a-kind clothing and watercolor art.
muxucreations.com
Sat – #6 Sun – #27
Amanda Smith, certified naturalist and artist, creates fine art giclée prints and colorful nature stickers celebrating the beauty of the natural world.
@laisnotadesert
Sat – #13 Sun – #21
Andrea Wagman-Christian’s one-of-a-kind “Tree and Window Jewelry” is handcrafted to honor nature, inviting sun and wind into homes and gardens.
etsy.com/shop/NatureBlingStudio
Sat – #4 Sun – #35
Food artist Blaire Ehret creates colorful, native flower–themed cupcakes and cookies that celebrate native plants and other botanicals..
@and__everything__nice
Sat – #15 Sun – #26
Celebrating California, Debbie Prince brings her acrylic paintings, photography, and graphic art into the home.
imageprince.co
Sat – #5 Sun – #9
Potter Kelly Duffek blends function and whimsy in ceramic planters, fairy houses, garden stakes, mugs, vases, and more.
@kduffek_makes
Sat – #5
Inspired by Southern California native plants, Lesley Randall creates T-shirts, watercolor prints, and natural wood earrings made from sustainably trimmed or salvaged native wood.
Sun – #17
Lise Diamond Devine brings watercolor flowers and landscapes to life along with her cheerful floral painted rocks.
Sun – #33
MJ Brovold creates artful metal garden stakes featuring silhouettes of native birds, including crows, ravens, roadrunners, quail, owls, and hawks.
deldiosglasshouse.com
Sat – #4 Sun – #19
Ceramic artist Nancy Jacobson creates pressed and glazed native plant images and flowers on ceramic tiles as artistic home accents.
Sat – #11
Poway-based artist Nicole Dornsife specializes in wildlife and botanical illustration, with California flora and fauna inspired prints, originals, stickers, and bandanas featured by the California Wolf Center and Volcan Mountain Foundation.
thornwolf.com
Sat – #1
Using yarn dyed with native plants, members of the Palomar Handweavers and Spinners Guild demonstrate spinning and weaving techniques and offer handmade textiles for sale.
@palomarweavers
Sat – #6 Sun – #19
Blending music and clay, Rowshan Dowlatabadi creates handmade ceramic pieces including animal flutes, bird fountains, owl whistles, vases, and drums.
@rowshan.art
Sat – #15
San Van’s unique pottery combines both function and nature into jars, mugs, plates, vases and floral pots.
@sanvan.ceramics,
Sat – #26
Using native plant material pressed into copper and silver, Sara Avelar creates handmade jewelry with delicate leaf and plant impressions.
@chulamaiz_jewelry
Sat – #1 Sun – #28
A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors!
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