The Gossler Guide to the Best Hardy Shrubs
One of the most highly regarded nurseries on the West Coast, the forty-year-old Gossler Farms Nursery is a hobby-turned-horticultural wonderland carved out of the farm…
Plants: Flowering plants, vines, and bulbs
The NEW Low-Maintenance Garden
“I just don’t have the time”—perhaps the most common excuse for cutting back on reading, writing, painting, cooking, exercising, museum-going, and, yes, gardening. At least,…
The Southern California Native Flower Garden
Landscape architect Susan Van Atta has established a reputation for creating beautiful, sustainable, and award-winning landscapes through her office in Santa Barbara. She has been…
The Curator’s Garden
The “curators’ garden” is an area surrounding the house where we live as curators for the historic Dunn Gardens in Seattle. The curator’s gard…
The Global Migrations Of Ornamental Plants: How the World Got into Your Garden
If you could have only one gardening book (perish the thought!), hands down it would be Hugh Johnson’s classic Principles Of Gardening. In it, among…
The South Coast Botanic Garden: From Landfill to Jewel of the Peninsula
As the South Coast Botanic Garden approaches its fiftieth anniversary, it has evolved into a truly unique botanic garden, which happens to be built on…
Green Flowers
It has long been my dream to create a garden room featuring blossoms overly endowed with chlorophyll. You can imagine my heart racing when I…
A Garden on a Mountain on an Island in the Sea
On June 1, 1997, the Orto dei Semplici Elbano opened its gates to the public. The garden is meant to be a living library of plants of Italy's Tuscan A…
Driving Miss Worn, and More
Miss Isabella Worn (1869-1950), known as Bella, rode on public transportation from Marin County to her office in San Francisco, as she did not drive a…