The Native Plant Garden in Fall
Fall 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams all constructed…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
A Horticultural Adventure through the West: Northern California
Traveling for the sake of traveling is fun, but traveling with a purpose becomes an adventure. My adventure, completed in the waning summer months of…
The Native Plant Garden in Winter
The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams, all constructed to collect…
Horticulture is Critical to Our Future
A movement to inspire youth and promote horticultural careers
Old Roses for the Water-Saving Gardener
Rosa ‘Comtesse du Cayla’ is a pink-orange blend with scented flowers and very few thorns. Roses have the unfortunate reputation of being almost insatiable drinkers…
Building a Sustainable City Garden
In times of isolation, as in the past several months of the pandemic, we seek out community and resources to enrich our lives. People need…
The Quest for the Best
Did you ever wonder how that latest plant variety made its way to your local nursery? Few people outside of the plant breeding and marketing…
Black Point Historic Gardens
A view from Black Point in 1870, with Alcatraz Island in the distance. Photo: Eadweard Muybridge, courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Almost like a…
Living History in the Garden
Iconic evergreen plantings at Filoli frame a view of the sundial garden. Photo: Saxon Holt/PhotoBotanic Lucy Tolmach spent 35 years working at Filoli, first as…