Quarryhill Botanical Garden: A Sanctuary for Asian Plants
Quarryhill Botanical Garden is a hidden gem in Sonoma County's tranquil Valley of the Moon. This verdant garden is not only a world-class botanic gard…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
A Golden Moment in a Northern California Garden
During a visit to the garden one cloudless day last May, I enjoyed the privilege of strolling underneath the fortress created by forty carefully train…
History of the West in an Altadena Garden
Our home sits on a south-facing alluvial fan at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in Altadena, California. We designed and installed a semi-formal…
Guerrillas in the Fog
"Guerrilla gardening” often involves a political action or public statement regarding land rights, land reform, or environmentalism. A recent guerr…
Bulb
Can there be too many books about bulbs? Not for this bulbophile, especially when they are as beautiful as Anna Pavord’s latest contribution to the…
Through the Photographer’s Eye: Finding a Sustainable Aesthetic
How do I use my abilities to illustrate a sustainable aesthetic when few of us can agree what that ought to be, much less what it looks like? The trut…
California Garden: Centennial Compilation, 1909-2009
California Garden magazine has educated and entertained garden lovers since 1909, making it the oldest, continuously running, horticultural magazine in the United States. The San…
An Evolving Urban Garden in Seattle
Choosing a designer for our new front garden in Seattle was an easy task. I had been working with Richard Hartlage, then director of the Miller Botani…
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
When I began visiting English gardens over forty years ago, I was surprised that most of the trees I saw were American. I had not…