El Sobrante Nursery & Farm Store

After 8-years of hard work, we are open!

El Sobrante Nursery & Farm Store

We are so thrilled to bring you 10,000 square feet of pristine outdoor plant shopping in the same location as the historic Adachi Florist and Nursery, with a mixture of plants propagated by Planting Justice staff from our nearby Mother Farm and East Oakland Nursery, as well as many wonderful new varieties we don't yet grow ourselves. In addition to all our plant buddies, this space is full of outdoor seating, a beautiful redwood deck, and various murals, abolitionist art, interactive exhibits, and reflective gardens and spaces for you to go beyond simply shopping, and engage with the foundational values of Planting Justice and the work we do.

Additionally, a kiosk in the heart of the space sells farm-fresh, value-added products like jams, salsas, dips, and baked goods made from locally sourced fruit and veggies by PJ staff in the on-site commercial kitchen.

And for the first time ever, we've got a 1,200 sq. ft. Farm Store offering up all the other things you need to grow plants, and even some you don't! Soil amendments, irrigation supplies, seeds, tools, apparel. And that's just the start. In addition to houseplants, we've also got amazing arts and crafts from local makers, herbal medicine and seeds in partnership with Freedom to Grow's Abolitionist Apothecary, PJ merch, and an amazing selection of curated justice and movement-centered books and zines. Almost none of this stuff is sold on our website, which means you've got to check out the store in-person to see what we've got!

New Life for a Historic Nursery 

For over a hundred years the Adachi family grew a successful nursery business and helped to incubate new Japanese-owned nurseries despite the internment camps and racism that they faced over generations living in the Bay Area. When the Adachi Florist and Nursery in El Sobrante went out of business, they approached Planting Justice, but we didn’t have the funds to buy the site. They sold to a gas station developer who intended to demolish the building, but because of community opposition, the lot sat idle.

Meanwhile, Pastor Melinda McClain of the Good Table UCC was developing a beautiful vision for a pay-what-you-can cafe. Planting Justice was so impressed by her vision and values that we formed a cooperative called the Good Table LLC and bought the location together in 2019. We intend to keep alive the critically important local history of Japanese nurseries and create a home for arts, sustainability, community, and plants in the East Bay for generations to come!

Cooperative Partnership

The Good Table site is a combined pay-what-you-can cafe, commercial incubator kitchen, retail nursery, community gathering space, and arts venue cooperative, formed in partnership with The Good Table UCC and The Shed / Triangle Works.

In addition to being a uniquely great place to buy coffee and plants, this site provides a retail space for local makers and artists, a commercial kitchen for urban farmers to make value-added products, and a venue and gathering space for workshops, organizing, and events. All of these offerings have been created in a neighborhood that didn't have a coffee shop or communal space. Now it does. Come check it out!

Give us a call: (510) 892-5711