Clovis, California · Established 1986

Forty growing seasons in one valley.

Evergreen isn't a garden department with a roof over it. It's four acres of roses, shade trees, ponds and pottery, run by the same family since 1986 — and staffed by people who can tell you exactly what survives a Fresno August.

See what's growing Hours & directions

Scroll

The tree-shaded entrance and display beds at Evergreen Garden Center in Clovis

40Growing seasons

Our story

Started by a horticulture grad who couldn't stop planting things.

Mike Ravicchio opened Evergreen in 1986, fresh out of Fresno State with a degree in ornamental horticulture and a conviction that the Valley deserved better than whatever survived a truck ride from out of state. His mother Dyan came on as partner and bookkeeper. His brother Bryan followed in 1987 and never left.

Nine years later the nursery outgrew its first home on Villa Avenue and moved to Alluvial, where it's been ever since — a working nursery you walk through rather than a store you shop in.

"Grow what belongs here, and tell people the truth about it."

1986Year one

3Generations involved

50+Years of staff know-how

What grows here

Everything from a $4 six-pack to a fifteen-gallon shade tree.

Wander the yard, or tell us the corner of your yard that's been bothering you for two years. Both work.

Rose bushes in bloom in the nursery rows

Roses & Bare Root

The collection we're known for — miniature, groundcover, shrub, climbing and tree roses, with 3,500 bare-root arriving each December.

Tables of assorted succulents and cactus in colorful pots

Succulents & Drought-Tolerant

Built for a Valley summer and a water bill you can live with.

Indoor houseplant greenhouse room full of tropical foliage

Houseplants

A humid green room of ferns, philodendron and figs.

Pottery

Glazed, stone, oversized.

Garden Art

Iron trellises, wind chimes, oddities.

Trees, Shrubs & Edibles

Shade trees, fruit trees, hedging, vegetables and fresh herbs by the season.

The rose yard

3,500

bare-root roses, every December.

People drive in from Visalia and Madera for it. The bare-root order lands in early winter and the yard fills with varieties you won't find at a big-box store — hybrid teas, floribundas, climbers, groundcovers and tree roses, priced to actually plant a whole bed.

Hybrid tea & grandiflora
Floribunda & polyantha
Climbing & rambling
Miniature & patio
Groundcover & landscape
Standard tree roses

Ask about bare-root season

Long rows of potted roses in bloom along the nursery walkway

How we help

The part a website can't sell you: someone who knows.

Our crew has more than fifty years of combined growing experience between them. Bring photos, measurements, or just a vague complaint about a dead corner.

Free with materials

Garden Design

Bring your dimensions and sun exposure; we'll lay out a planting plan that fits the space and the water budget. Complimentary when you buy your materials here.

Specialists on staff

Water Gardens & Ponds

Pond plants, lilies, bog and marginal varieties — plus honest advice on pumps, algae and what actually overwinters here. Ask for our water garden crew.

Every plant, labeled

Planting & Care Guidance

Sun, water, mature size and hardiness on every tag — and a person nearby to explain the rest. Soil amendment, feeding schedules, pest problems, pruning windows.

Inside the Evergreen gift shop, filled with pottery, garden décor and houseplants

Locals call us the St. Bernard nursery.

Duke and Budd have greeted more customers than anyone on payroll. They'll meet you somewhere between the pottery and the perennials, accept one (1) ear scratch, and go back to supervising.

Well-behaved humans and leashed dogs both welcome.

In the yard right now

Late summer in the Valley.

What's looking good this month — and what to get in the ground before the heat breaks.

Heat-proof color

Portulaca, cannas, echinacea and hibiscus are carrying the beds right now, and they'll keep going until the first cool nights.

Fresh herbs in

New batches of basil, rosemary, thyme and mint arrive through the season — enough to restock a kitchen garden that's been through July.

Plan ahead: bare root

Roses and fruit trees land bare-root in December and January. It's the cheapest, best-selection window of the whole year. Mark the calendar.

Come see it

Four acres, two St. Bernards, no pressure.

210 W. Alluvial Avenue
Clovis, California 93611

(559) 299-3107

Get directions →

Hours shift with the seasons — summer and bare-root season run differently. Call ahead around holidays.

Hours

Monday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Tuesday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Wednesday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Thursday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Friday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Call the nursery