A Manifesto for the Urban Hedgerow
Urban Hedgerow is a campaign to invite more wild animals and plants into our garden and city spaces. It’s an effort to link projects around the glob…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
The Sustainable Rose Garden
Finally, we have a book that addresses the notion of growing roses in an environmentally friendly manner. To sustain a garden of America’s national flower…
Chilean Adventure: Excerpts from a Travel Diary
Kathy Musial kept a diary of her travels through Chile, in preparation for the Pacific Horticulture tour in October 2011. Her diary records her observ…
Meadows
Imagine a landscape ablaze with wildflowers, graced by swaying grasses, and filled with butterflies, birds, and beneficial insects. Who wouldn’t wan…
The Kobrinsky Garden Experience: A Construction Perspective
A fire pit is the nucleus of the Kobrinsky garden, visible from most windows in their home and the celebrated hub of activity for both human and hummi…
Reaching Far for the Best Plants
Many nurseries rely on plants available to them as tissue-cultured plugs, which come with built-in marketing programs and wide public recognition. Kel…
The Green Roof Manual: A Professional Guide to Design, Installation, and Maintenance
Creating a green, living roof is not for the faint of heart, the weak of back, or those financially or technologically challenged. This is serious…
Back-yard Birding
The cover of the January 2007 issue of Pacific Horticulture featured a female Anna’s hummingbird, in flight, feeding on nectar deep inside a flower …
Great Plant Picks 2011: A Few for Sunny, Dry Gardens
The Great Plant Picks list includes almost 800 trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and vines, many of which withstand the dry conditions of maritime Pac…