Inspired Gardens and Design
Explore garden design that embraces our reciprocal relationship with nature, demonstrating the beauty of resilience, biodiversity, and respect for our local ecologies and communities.
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Roy Lancaster’s accounting of his all-consuming passion for the natural world—80 years and counting.
A garden on the top of a windy hill in San Francisco is actually a fully functioning driveway that is...
Flowering plants in the garden can be fickle—we love them, but blooms are seasonal. But foliage, silhouettes, and texture layered...
Even the smallest plot lives much larger than its footprint. My Seattle city garden provides food, flowers, and a welcome...
I didn’t have to travel for this interview—Meghan Ray is a colleague of mine at the University of California Botanical...
In 2013, Kelly Kilpatrick began work on this drought-tolerant garden in Tiburon, California. It’s a challenging location and the topsoil...
Succulents are seductive. Sophisticated designers and seasoned gardeners experimenting with creative container compositions revel in the plants’ graphic form, dizzying...
The 5th edition of “Where on Earth” is a comprehensive guide to specialty nurseries and gardens in California
Since opening in 2005, horticulturists at the McConnell Arboretum & Gardens have successfully confronted a number of challenges to create...