Carlos Martinez, owner of Public Lands Native Nursery in Santa Paula, is a passionate horticulturist and California native plant landscaper. His journey began with a curiosity about attracting hummingbirds to the garden and has since grown into a career of cultivating a wide variety of natives, while also working in restoration, landscape design and installation, and even dabbling in guerrilla gardening around his hometown. Currently expanding his retail and wholesale nursery, Carlos brings his expertise and enthusiasm to the Mini Nature Reservist program, where he hopes to inspire students to recognize our place in the natural world and the responsibility we carry as stewards in preserving and cultivating California’s native plants.