The UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars Project: Testing and Commercial Distribution
The University of California, Davis Arboretum has a strong commitment to educating Central Valley audiences about regionally appropriate gardening. Ar…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
Gardening at Ninety
As I kneel on the grass to plant daffodils for next spring, I wonder if I shall be here to see them. I am now ninety—well beyond the allotted three-…
The Hardy Fern Foundation Turns Twenty
The Hardy Fern Foundation’s goals are “to establish a comprehensive collection of the world’s hardy ferns for display, testing, evaluation, publ…
A Tropical Eden with a Mission
Dr Mardy Darian's encyclopedic knowledge of tropical plants and ecosystems, his skill at establishing and working with diverse microclimates, and his …
Updating an Historic Garden
Living in a garden that has been around for over ninety years definitely has its challenges. When the two of us moved into the curators’ house at th…
The Begonia in California, Part 1
The begonia found a most congenial home in California, where its cultivation reached a pinnacle. The state’s fertile soils and equable climate were …
2009 Great Plant Picks: The Short and Tall of It
The Great Plant Picks additions for 2009 include a variety of groundcovers, late flowering shrubs, selections from the sedum trials, and a host of urb…
From Yard to Garden: The Domestication of America’s Home Grounds
“It is a curious phenomenon, however, that home grounds have been popularly linked in the public mind to horticulture and gardening because, when one looks…
Seeing by Experiencing: The Central Garden at the Getty Center
From that day on, the Central Garden at the Getty Center owned me, and I owned the garden; that is, I awakened to the kinesthetic and sensual experien…