Drought and Fire Resilience
Delve into water-wise design and protection from wildfire, especially in the wildland urban interface, and find expert recommendations for plant selections.
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Marietta and Ernie O’Byrne on xeric gardening.
Beauty, variety, color, shade, and water savings—all at the same time. It doesn’t get any better than this. One neighbor...
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Many of our regional cacti, agaves, and yuccas have proven themselves worthy of cultivation in a container or in a...
California—and much of the West—is designed to burn. All it takes is a spark from a downed power line or...
In 1929, at the height of California’s Golden Age of Gardens, George Washington Smith was commissioned to build a home...
In the 1800s, early settlers in Northern California’s Sonoma County found the gently rolling sand hills of the Vine Hill...
Perhaps I should start with a few of my prejudices. I don’t like to pick the roses in my garden...
To the casual observer, Chasmanthe floribunda, ornamenting winter gardens with its fine flashes of orange or yellow, appears to be...