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Garden Futurist
Fall 2023Read the companion article here.From a gardener’s hyperlocal natural history to raw, existential questions, in her new book What…
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Growing For Biodiversity
Growing For Biodiversity
Fall 2023 In Northeast Oregon near the small town of Enterprise lies a little-known jewel, the flower-filled 33,000-acre Zumwalt Prairie….
Fall 2023The Design Futurist Student Competition centered on…
Summer 2023 The world’s population raced past 8…
Summer 2023What started as a student design project…
Spring/Summer 2023Creating a landscape more like Mother Nature…
Spring 2023The first queen bumble bee I saw…
Spring 2023 What is biodiversity? Exploring biodiversity in…
Plants You Need
Plants You Need
Fall 2023Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded California Native Plants for the Garden is now in its 11th printing….
Fall 2023 Wallace Stevens wrote in his poem,…
Fall 2023Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded…
Fall 2023Under normal conditions, I do not garden…
Summer 2023Edible gardeners would be lost in the…
Summer 2023Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded…
Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her…
Inspired Gardens & Design
Inspired Gardens And Design
Fall 2023The results are in for Pacific Horticulture’s first Design Futurist Awards!Pacific Horticulture’s Design Futurist Award generates accessible, replicable design…
Spring 2023Earlier this year a visionary group met…
March 8, 2023 At Pacific Horticulture, we believe…
Spring 2023 Read the companion article here. What…
Fall 2022 Foreword by Paul Spriggs Rock gardening…
Summer 2022 Listen to full Garden Futurist: Episode…
Read the transcript article here. Emmanuel Didier, Principal…
Nature Is Good For You
Nature Is Good For You
Fall 2023Chilean flora has long inspired regional gardeners, brightening West Coast gardens with distinctive shapes from fuchsias to gunneras. Daniel…
Fall/Winter 2023 9 Great Book Suggestions from Pacific…
Fall 2023Before I begin with my review, let…
Fall 2023 Humans have always eaten flowers, often…
Summer 2023If you pause to reflect on a…
Summer 2023Imagine yourself sitting in or alongside your…
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around…
Sustainable Gardening
Sustainable Gardening
Fall 2023Reviewed by Anne Biklé, co-author What Your Food Ate and The Hidden Half of Nature I have been waiting…
Summer 2023Edible gardeners would be lost in the…
Summer 2023 California’s horticultural artist Luther Burbank (1849–1926)…
Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her…
Summer 2023What started as a student design project…
Spring 2023 While sharing the dry summer/wet winter…
Read the Transcript Article Here. Guests David Montgomery…
Drought & Fire Reslience
Drought And Fire Resilience
Fall 2023An update to our 2023 Drought Roadmap for GardenersMost garden plants have the best chance at success with fall…
Spring 2023 If you are a California gardener…
Spring 2023 While sharing the dry summer/wet winter…
Spring 2023The Drought Roadmap aims to go after…
Spring 2023 Read the companion Article here. Alessandro…
Spring 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. Alessandro…
Winter 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. “Going…
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Design Futurist
Pacific Horticulture’s Design Futurist Award elevates the power of garden design to achieve climate resilience, steward biodiversity, and connect people with nature.
The judges awarded a tie for the 2023 Top Prize—both in Seattle, Washington! Five more designs received honors.
Watch for upcoming news and feature articles about the 2023 winners.
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