Agarita Hills Ranch

Cultivating the Resilient Future of the Texas Hill Country

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We provide the ecological foundation for thriving Texas landscapes by cultivating resilient Texas native plants designed to survive the elements without irrigation and thrive for generations.

Hyper-Local Genetics

Plants grown from seeds and cuttings foraged from the most vigorous, wild growing mature plants within 5 miles of our ranch. Many are grown from plants growing wild on our own ranch.

Deep Root Cultivation

Specialized deep vertical-root containers to ensure rapid establishment in our rocky, non-irrigated soil.

Field-Hardened Vitality 

Field-grown on our North facing hilltop with zero protection from full Texas sun, gale force winds, heavy rains, and foraging deer to ensure they are Texas tough.

Native Soil Adapted

Grown in proprietary native soil mixes with locally sourced ingredients to ensure our plants know how to thrive in your soil from day one.

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Blue Grama grass growing in rocky caliche soil at sunrise with Ashe Juniper trees in the background

Our Commitment to the Land

At Agarita Hills Ranch, we believe that a beautiful home should also be a thriving ecosystem that helps regenerate our local ecology. Standard nursery stock just isn’t built for our harsh weather, our challenging soil, or our foraging wildlife.

Our mission is to provide ecology supporting plants that are as architecturally stunning and culinary prized as they are biologically resilient and fit to aid in restoration and regeneration of our Texas Hill Country. By using regenerative permaculture practices and hyper-local, wild genetics, we aren't just growing plants; we are helping you build a legacy of land stewardship.

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Who We Are

We are a very small, woman-owned grower specializing in Texas native and heirloom plants grown from foraged wild, hyper-local genetics in an extremely low-rainfall pocket on the southwest outskirts of Austin, TX. And our founder and owner, Jacqueline, is in fact our solo artisan cultivator.

All of our plants are artisan cultivated in small batches in our proprietary native soil mixes without protection on a North facing hilltop that receives all the harshest elements, including 60+mph gale force winds on our micro ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas.

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Artisan grown Organic Tomatillos de Milpa and 5th generation Large Leaf Basil @DSFarmersMarket today 3-6PM. Our rare Tomatillos de Milpa are a wild type with purple jewel toned cherry size fruits packed with rich, complex sweet-tart flavor. Enjoy th
Tomorrow! Mature tomatillo plants ready to burst with fruit @DSFarmersMarket! 🤩 The spring cold snaps are over and these beauties survived our last 50+mph cold snap storm without staking or protection of any kind. They’re ready to plant and e
Our beloved deer family was extra curious and adventurous last night, sampling our Basil and feasting on our pepper plants. They’ll bounce back soon and will be stronger for it. Survival comes from the roots and deer browsing will take our root
Our Tomatillos and Basil (the most sensitive of our spring plants) pulled through this past week’s storms and cold snap temperatures with flying colors. The first batch and most vigorous of our artisan grown Tomatillos de Milpa and Large Leaf B
Our Tomatillos de Milpa are putting out their first set of flowers! Aren’t they stunning? Be sure to get 2+ as they need each other to cross pollinate to produce their purple blushed flavor packed cherry size fruits. Shop at link in bio. 🔗 .
Our Tomatillos de Milpa are growing fast and starting to put out fruit. These are a wild type tomatillo that will thrive in your Central Texas garden with no help from you. They’re standing tall in our 20+ mph gusting hilltop winds without st