Hulda Klager Lilac Garden
Lilac Days is a festival held each year from mid-April through Mother's Day at the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens just as the lilacs are in peak bloom.
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
Gardening for Native Bees
University of California Professor Dr. Gordon Frankie and the UCB Urban Bee Lab have been studying relationships between California’s diverse native bees and their favorite…
Pacific Coast Iris
Many in the iris-growing world consider Pacific Coast iris (PC iris) to be divas, gorgeous in flower but relatively fussy compared to tall and hearty…
Resource Guide:Pacific Coast Iris
The beautiful and resilient Pacific Coast iris flourishes in West Coast gardens.
A Year in a Pacific Northwest Chaparral Garden
For stunning visual proof that life in a Pacific Northwest chaparral garden is far more than a summertime show take a walk with us through…
The Christmas Rose
The perfect holiday plant, the Christmas rose provides a gift of flowers with the promise of spring.
An Evolving Landscape
Perched on top of a science museum housing a rainforest, a planetarium, an aquarium, an albino alligator, and some very engaging penguins, is a 2.5-acre…
The Western Air-Scape
Here in the West, we’re arriving at the green roof planting party fashionably late by thousands of years—or at least a few decades. Sod roofs…
Green Roofs: Dry in the Sky
Most rooftop gardens and green roofs experience climate extremes that make plant selection especially challenging. Both the 10,000-square-foot green roof on Chicago City Hall, and…