Western Hills Rare Plant Nursery
In 1959, Marshall Olbrich and Lester Hawkins left professional careers and a San Francisco apartment to homestead three acres of pastureland 70 miles north of…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
A Plantsman’s Legacy
A companion piece to "All in the (Horticultural) Family" by Nancy Schramm
Navigating Orange
One of the least popular colors on the spectrum, orange is bold, exotic, and maybe a little bit dangerous.
Habitat Gardens
Gardening connects us to nature. It also invites us to think like scientists. The garden is our laboratory where experimentation, observation, and eva…
Hellstrip Gardening
“Hellstrip” in the title of this book refers to the land between the sidewalk and the curb where everything “looks like hell” because it is so…
Future Homes with Biowalls
The use of indoor plants for cleansing toxins from air is getting more sophisticated. A team of young researchers from Purdue has won a student…
Backyard Inspiration
Inspired by the Seasonal Palette story in the fall issue of Pacific Horticulture.
The New American Front Yard: Kiss Your Grass Goodbye!
In the drought-stressed southwest the idea of removing lawns and replacing them with water thrifty gardens has gone from radical to everyday. Local water districts…
A Seasonal Palette
Much of my discovery of new natural dye plants and colors results from a willingness to be open. The alchemy of the dye-making process relies…