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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Gardening on the bluffs above the ocean along California’s North Coast presents some particular challenges and special rewards for gardeners...
Ornamental grasses, the current rage in East Coast American gardens, have now taken root in the West. Their diversity, utility,...
The native stand of Rosa minutifolia in California is confined to a single quarter-acre plot in the southwest corner of...
The roof gardens of the Oakland Museum were planted in 1967 and 1968, and the horticultural successes and failures are...
In developing plans for the new Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, architects Alfred Caldwell and Craig Ellwood...
Being all too susceptible to the beauty of plants, I must, as a designer of gardens, continuously guard against my...
Mention of California mission gardens evokes romantic images of jasmine blooming under arcades, geometric beds of exotic flowers, and balconies...
A decade ago California, especially the north, was gripped by a drought unÂprecedented in modern times. Water rationing was either...
Nature herself (and not just the local nurseryman) often does not give us the plants we need. From leisure world...