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Spring 2023The first queen bumble bee I saw this spring hurtled across my front yard a few weeks ago, a…
Spring 2023 What is biodiversity? Exploring biodiversity in…
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around…
Did you know that oaks can harbor over…
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Winter 2022 Nature is so beautiful when left…
Plants You Need
Plants You Need
Spring 2023 255 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden by Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt “Set aside for a moment the…
Summer 2022 Without question, the most beautiful and…
Summer 2022 I can chart the progression of…
Summer 2022 As the world’s most diverse plant…
Spring 2022 Public gardens play a key role…
Spring 2022 This article was created from an…
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Drought & Fire Reslience
Drought And Fire Resilience
Spring 2023 If you are a California gardener or allied horticulture professional, the following toolkit provides recommendations to help you…
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…
There’s nothing more thrilling to plant lovers than…
Nature Is Good For You
Nature Is Good For You
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around our gardens face ever-increasing environmental pressures as they carry out their pollination…
Winter 2022 Women’s hushed morning voices mingled with…
Read the Transcript Article Here. Guests David Montgomery…
Fall 2022 Listen to the Podcast Here. Guests…
Fall 2022 It may not quite have the…
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Inspired Gardens & Design
Inspired Gardens And Design
Spring 2023Earlier this year a visionary group met as the committee formulating the criteria for Pacific Horticulture’s inaugural Design Futurist…
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…
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Noel Kingsbury, Gardens Under Big Skies Join us…
Garden Futurist
Garden Futurist
Spring 2023Read the companion article here.Pollination ecologist Dr. Stephen Buchmann has been studying bee biology for more than four decades.His…
Spring 2023Listen to the Podcast here.Pollination ecologist Dr. Stephen…
Spring 2023 Read the companion article here. What…
Spring 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. What…
Spring 2023 Read the companion Article here. Alessandro…
Spring 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. Alessandro…
Winter 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. “Going…
Sustainable Gardening
Sustainable Gardening
Spring 2023 While sharing the dry summer/wet winter characteristics of a Mediterranean climate common to most of California, the Central…
Read the Transcript Article Here. Guests David Montgomery…
Fall 2022 Listen to the Podcast Here. Guests…
Autumn 2022 With so many beautiful ornamental plant…
Summer 2022 Duane Lane, a Yakama tribal descendant,…
Summer 2022 Oh, summer: delightful warm air, tomatoes…
Winter 2022 Edward O. Wilson—entomologist, myrmecologist, ecologist, evolutionary…
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Design Futurist
The Design Futurist Award elevates inspired gardens and designs that showcase our reciprocal relationship with nature. These awards demonstrate personal engagement and appreciation of the beauty of resilience, stewardship of biodiversity, respect for our local ecologies, and the environment.
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Deadline to submit: July 26, 2023
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September 15 - 22, 2023
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A show about innovative thinkers contributing to a climate resilient future through the power of gardens.