Summer 2021 I met Kellam de Forest when I began working at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) in 2013....
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Summer 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs,...
Summer 2021 Gardening offers many pleasures, from the joy of getting our hands in the soil to seeing the beautiful...
Summer 2021 #LifeNotLawn Approaching from any direction, this corner landscape blazes with color in high summer, and beckons you in...
#LifeNotLawn Climate chaos, continuing drought, extreme temperatures, declining populations of songbirds and insects— are calling for homes and yards that...
Summer 2021 Watch our Landscapes of Change video about The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch here. Read Part 2 Here Introduction Native,...
From Sustainable Landscape Construction, Third Edition Principle 2: Heal Injured Soils and Sites Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington,...
In this time of climate chaos and with evolving threats to all living creatures, including ourselves, what can we do? The gardening...
Life Not Lawn Those of us in the West know that water is precious, and that drought is upon us....