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Scarcely a week goes by without a magazine or newspaper—even the Wall Street Journal!—exploring America’s growing fascination with chickens. Websites...
A dozen years before First Lady Michelle Obama (re-)popularized the idea of children tending their own gardens to raise healthy...
When I was a college freshman, a professor told me, "There is nothing new under the sun." At nineteen, I...
As a companion to the July 2010 article in Pacific Horticulture by Laurel Woodley about the many species of Ficus...
A highly regarded landscape architect, professor, and author, Bob Perry's first two books, Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes...
Crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia) offer the powerful triple allure of brilliant flowers (late in the season), beautiful bark, and vivid fall...
Azaleas and rhododendrons, hydrangeas and alstroemeria, daphne and even my favorite Robinia...all grow vibrantly in my garden adding beauty and...
As a companion to the articles by Roger Raiche, Richie Steffen, and Rick Peterson in the April 2010 issue of...
From the First Lady to the front lawn, vegetable gardens are sprouting up across the country in record numbers. Not...