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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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...
It’s said that Seattleites don’t tan, they rust. Some years are certainly wet, but recently we have had so little...
The garden at the Old Mill in the upscale community of San Marino has become an island of environmental sanity...
Every so often, one encounters an historical figure whose prescience is so startling as to suggest that she had the...
The UC Davis Arboretum has opened a new educational resource for Central Valley gardeners—the Arboretum Terrace home demonstration garden. Located...
On the itinerary for a tour of Los Angeles gardens accessible under the Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program, we noted...