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Have you ever asked yourself “How *would I like visitors to feel when they come to my garden?” Let me...
The optimal time for planting most California natives is autumn, except in the mountains, high deserts, and other cold-winter areas...
I was thrilled to see a few native plants re-emerging .in.my hillside garden upon the removal of the last of...
One of the many benefits of gardening with California’s native plants is the pleasure derived from observing birds, lizards, butterflies,...
We usually think of our gardens as places for our own pleasure, of our own contrivance. If our houses are...
The Dunn Gardens are an attractive, spacious and peaceful oasis in the midst of typical low-density suburban development in north...
Those charming spots of high shade in the garden, where your head and eyes are protected from glaring sunlight, are...
Schima is an attractive genus of evergreen trees from subtropical and warm-temperate regions of Asia. A member of the tea...
The completion of the Cactus Garden at Lotusland in spring, 2003, was the realization of a project that actually had...