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Swap plants, seeds, cuttings, grafts, and accessories with neighbors, friends, family, and community members to spread joy and keep them out of the landfill. Post online or set up a free plant stand or swap.

Visit the Lawn to Garden Marketplace for a complete directory of Bay Area sources for bulk recycled compost, mulch, and sheet mulch materials and visit the FAQ section for tips for buying bulk compost.

Use StopWaste's Gardening at Home resources to make worm or home compost for your house or garden plants.

Are you looking to start a veggies, herbs or flowers? Check out free seeds from seed libraries or find a farmer's market to find starts. See Alameda County's list of Seed Libraries and Catalogs.

Vendors

Vendor	Address	City	Destination	Disposal Method	Notes
REAP Center	2133 Tynan Ave	Alameda	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Trees, native plants, fruit trees, and volunteers to tend them.
Northern Ca Swap Meets Inc	1150 Ballena Blvd	Alameda	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
Alameda Point Antiques Faire 1st Sunday Every Month	3800 Main St	Alameda	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
Alameda Backyard Growers	2501 Shoreline Dr	Alameda	Reuse	Free Mail-in	Informational. The Alameda Backyard Growers website has excellent gardening tips, articles, videos, and information on how to grow, harvest, and
OfferUp	1745 114th Ave SE	Bellevue	Reuse	Buyback Pick-up
Berkeley Mutual Aid (Gleaning Project)	1618 Capistrano Ave	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Pick-up	Backyard fruit from your Berkeley trees. Volunteers will pick and deliver to Berkeley community group in need.
Transition Berkeley	1502 Delaware St	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Swaps - for seedlings, seeds, crops, honey, eggs, homemade, recipes, books & clothing
Paraiso Plant Studio	1780 Fourth St Suite C	Berkeley	Repair	Drop-off for a Fee	Repotting service add on when buying a plant from them and you can make an appointment to bring in your plant to be repotted for fee. Includes services for bringing in your own pot or purchasing one of theirs.
Ursula Sherman Village	711 Harrison St.	Berkeley	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Indoor houseplants
Berkeley Flea Market	1937 Ashby Ave	Berkeley	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
ForestR	20298 Marshall St	Castro Valley	Reuse	Free Pick-up	Seed Library - pick up or donate seeds for reuse. Annual scion exchanges and forum (fruit tree cuttings for grafting).
Kennedy High School Flea Market	39999 Blacow Rd	Fremont	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
Chabot College Flea Market	25555 Hesperian Blvd	Hayward	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
Facebook Marketplace	Facebook Headquarters 1 Hacker Way	Menlo Park	Reuse	Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
Facebook Buy Nothing Groups	1 Hacker Way	Menlo Park	Reuse	Free Pick-up
Crop Swap Oakland	Snow Park 19th Street & Harrison Street	Oakland	Reuse	Free Drop-off	bring items from your garden or kitchen to trade, from recipes, seeds, preserved goods, plants, garden supplies, to propagation materials.
Laney College Flea Market	510 Fallon St	Oakland	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
Free Oakland UP	2809 MacArthur Blvd	Oakland	Reuse	Free Drop-off	Donations of plants welcome!
Listia	Online	Oakland	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in
San Pablo Flea Market	6100 San Pablo Ave	Oakland	Reuse	Buyback Mail-in