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Book Review: Golden Gate Gardener – 30th Anniversary Edition

Summer 2023Edible gardeners would be lost in the fog without Golden Gate Gardening. Like many of my fellow San Franciscans,…

California Native Plants for the…

Summer 2023Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded…

Blanket the Ground – Native…

Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her…

Just Poppy Love? Wandering the…

The Catalyst Sometimes the smallest of gestures lends…

Book Review: Vascular Plants of…

Summer 2023 We have had the pleasure of…

Feeding the Birds, Au Naturel

Spring/Summer 2023Creating a landscape more like Mother Nature…

Book Review: The Pacific Northwest…

Spring 2023 255 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden…

Garden Futurist

What if Farmland Looked Like Ecological Gardening with Garden Futurist…

Summer 2023Listen to the podcast here.If you knew it would reduce erosion risks, sequester more carbon, require less fuel, fertilizer, and…

Episode XXX: What if Farmland…

Summer 2023Read the companion article here.If you knew…

Episode XXIX: On the Scruffy…

Summer 2023Read the companion article here.This episode explores…

On the Scruffy Wild Edge…

Summer 2023Listen to the podcast here.This episode explores…

Episode XXVIII: Crime Pays, Botany…

Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. Joey…

Crime Pays, Botany Doesn’t; We…

Summer 2023Listen to the Podcast here.Joey Santore shares his…

Food Sovereignty and Space for…

Summer 2023Listen to the Podcast here.“It’s going to take…

Inspired Gardens And Design

Prestigious Award Jury Calls for Gardens to be Ecologically Radical,…

Spring 2023Earlier this year a visionary group met as the committee formulating the criteria for Pacific Horticulture’s inaugural Design Futurist…

Design Futurist Award Announced: Committee…

March 8, 2023 At Pacific Horticulture, we believe…

Episode XXV: Befriend Bugs; Design…

Spring 2023 Read the companion article here. What…

West Coast Rock Gardening

Fall 2022 Foreword by Paul Spriggs Rock gardening…

Garden Design in Steppe with…

Summer 2022 Listen to full Garden Futurist: Episode…

Episode XVIII: Garden Design in…

Read the transcript article here. Emmanuel Didier, Principal…

Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Resilient Landscapes:…

Noel Kingsbury, Gardens Under Big Skies Join us…

Drought And Fire Resilience

Thriving Water Saving Gardens for California and Beyond

Spring 2023 If you are a California gardener or allied horticulture professional, the following toolkit provides recommendations to help you…

Future-Proof Selections for the Central…

Spring 2023 While sharing the dry summer/wet winter…

Drought Roadmap for Gardeners

Spring 2023The Drought Roadmap aims to go after…

Episode XXIV: Ground Up Science…

Spring 2023 Read the companion Article here. Alessandro…

Ground Up Science for Greener…

Spring 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. Alessandro…

Readying Urban Forests for Climate…

Winter 2023 Listen to the Podcast here. “Going…

Expand Your Palette: Waterwise Plants…

There’s nothing more thrilling to plant lovers than…

Growing For Biodiversity

Book Review: Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature…

Summer 2023 The world’s population raced past 8 billion this year. By 2050 more than two-thirds of the people on…

At 10, Seattle’s Pioneering Food…

Summer 2023What started as a student design project…

Feeding the Birds, Au Naturel

Spring/Summer 2023Creating a landscape more like Mother Nature…

I Did My Graduate Research…

Spring 2023The first queen bumble bee I saw…

Voices of the West: New…

Spring 2023 What is biodiversity? Exploring biodiversity in…

Native Bees and Your Garden

Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around…

Voices of the West; New…

Did you know that oaks can harbor over…

Nature Is Good For You

Untamed Childhood Landscapes at Home

Summer 2023If you pause to reflect on a few of your best childhood memories, it is likely that at least…

Science on the Benefits of…

Summer 2023Imagine yourself sitting in or alongside your…

Native Bees and Your Garden

Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around…

Nature Therapy from the Contemplative…

Winter 2022 Women’s hushed morning voices mingled with…

Episode XX: Frontiers of Soil:…

Read the Transcript Article Here. Guests David Montgomery…

Frontiers of Soil: What Your…

Fall 2022 Listen to the Podcast Here. Guests…

January Showers Bring February flowers…

Fall 2022 It may not quite have the…

Sustainable Gardening

Book Review: Golden Gate Gardener – 30th Anniversary Edition

Summer 2023Edible gardeners would be lost in the fog without Golden Gate Gardening. Like many of my fellow San Franciscans,…

Be Your Own Burbank: How…

Summer 2023 California’s horticultural artist Luther Burbank (1849–1926)…

Blanket the Ground – Native…

Summer 2023 With years of practice mothering her…

At 10, Seattle’s Pioneering Food…

Summer 2023What started as a student design project…

Future-Proof Selections for the Central…

Spring 2023 While sharing the dry summer/wet winter…

Episode XX: Frontiers of Soil:…

Read the Transcript Article Here. Guests David Montgomery…

Frontiers of Soil: What Your…

Fall 2022 Listen to the Podcast Here. Guests…

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Growing For Biodiversity

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