Epicenter is a small family-run avocado tree nursery and mixed fruit orchard located in Santa Cruz County on California’s central coast, up on the northern edge of avocado growing country. Our goal in founding Epicenter Avocado Trees and Fruit is to provide to our customers the avocado trees that we wished we had known about when we were beginning to plant our grove: something beyond Bacon and Hass; richer fruit, avocados of different sizes, shapes and seasons; precocious and prolific bearing avocado trees; better quality, more flavors.
The commercial avocado nursery trade is organized around one variety, the Hass. At Epicenter, we respect the Hass avocado, but know there’s a lot more to the story than that. We propagate varieties like Jan Boyce, Carmen Hass, Reed and Don Gillogly, but also little-known and excellent selections like the newly discovered Sant Clara Gold, the Bird Avenue, Palo d’Oro, D’Arturo, and Bonny Doon. We are delighted to be able to provide trees for people who love avocados and want to try for the best.
Our nursery trees, due to the small volume of our business, are only available from early April until our limited stock is gone. Our avocado collection is growing continuously, a condition reflected in our “avocado varieties offered” list. Check it again next year!