Growing for Biodiversity
Dig deeper into ecologically functional gardens that support food webs and pollinators by including native and keystone plants, minimizing lawn, and providing wildlife habitat.
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My husband Ib and I live in an older area of North Delta, in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia. Our storm...
Whenever I tell someone that I am a botanical artist, the typical reaction is, “you’re a what?” To most people,...
The Milner Gardens and Woodland is a seventy-acre garden gem in Qualicum Beach, on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island,...
Considered by many to be Australia’s most spectacular group of flowering trees, the genus Brachychiton includes a number of beautiful...
When we first considered opening our garden, it was merely to share it with the neighbors and the many people...
OUCH! was the first word that came to mind when I thought about bees. I have definitely had my fair...
It is a fine thing to have a new plot of ground to garden. It stirs the imagination, encourages the...
Thirty years ago, I began planting eucalypts in my garden in Concord, California, located about thirty miles inland from San...
When you drive down the street, what catches your eye—a sweep of turf or a riot of colorful flowers? Front...