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Where there used to be a large asphalt and gravel parking lot, today rows of amaranth, dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, and...
The three earliest nurseries in California were established by A.P. Smith of Sacramento in 1848, William C. Walker of San...
Each year at the Northwest flower & Garden show and the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show a panel of...
As gardeners, we know that staying connected to plants and nature is therapeutic, enlivening, and restorative. --Patty Cassidy The mission...
Violet, the shortest visible wavelength of light is the least visible color, ideal for shadows, but challenging for the gardener....
Garden Stories, a weeklong social media event for garden lovers produced by the Biodiversity Heritage Liberary, takes place March 23-27,...
One hundred years ago, the Panama-California Exposition—a Spanish Colonial Revival fantasyland—was built in Balboa Park. The exposition was a daring...
Late on a balmy summer evening I saw a strange looking pair of mating mantids (or mantises—either is correct) hunting...
Lester Hawkins (1915-1985) and Marshall Olbrich (1920-1991), founders of Western Hills Rare Plant Nursery in Occidental, California, came from distinctly...