Plants You Need
Take a closer look at plants you would like to know better and some you haven’t met, from regional plant communities to a genus of favorites to rare native species.
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Winter 2024 As I sat down to write this first article in a new series about houseplants, I was immediately...
Fall 2023 This article is excerpted and reproduced from What We Sow by Jennifer Jewell with permission from the author and Timber Press...
Fall 2023 Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded California Native Plants for the Garden is now in its 11th printing....
Fall 2023 Wallace Stevens wrote in his poem, “Of Mere Being,” about a “gold-feathered bird” that “sings in a palm, without...
Fall 2023 Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded California Native Plants for the Garden is now in its 11th printing....
Fall 2023 Under normal conditions, I do not garden out of spite. But when our absentee landlord jacked up the monthly...
Summer 2023 Edible gardeners would be lost in the fog without Golden Gate Gardening. Like many of my fellow San Franciscans,...
Summer 2023Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded California Native Plants for the Garden is now in its 11th printing....
Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her two bright daughters, Tammy raises her lawn replacement planting with equally gentle...