A Small Urban Native Wildflower Garden
The California native section of my garden began in 1990, in an area of Palo Alto known for its collection of one-story, mid-50s modernist homes. At f…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
Winter Delights in the Garden: Foliage and Bark
With fewer flowers in the garden during the wintertime, attention is more readily drawn to bark and foliage, and plants with variegated foliage can pr…
Kimberly Crest
The Kimberlys needed a professional landscape architect to design the landscape around their home in Redlands, California. Helen wanted a garden remin…
Palm Springs-Style Gardening: The Complete Guide to Plants and Practices for Gorgeous Dryland Gardens
Among the most prolific of garden writers, Maureen “Mo” Gilmer has published no less than fifteen books and lectures widely throughout the West. For health…
Telling Tales: The Heart of Garden Photography
The garden photographer has many narratives to tell of the relationships between elements in the garden: stone and foliage, plant and structure, bloss…
The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and Practices for a Changing Climate
Could there be a more timely title for the gardener in the West? With increasing challenges to an equitable distribution of the West’s limited water…
Seeds: Miracles in Tiny Packages
The Northwest Perennial Alliance's seed exchange has been a part of its programs from the earliest days. Currently NPA produces about 7,000 packets an…
There’s Magic Behind Those Walls
What appears to be a private residence or club is actually a public jewel, a magical place: the Marin Art and Garden Center, a property with an intrig…
Cyclamen
Emerging in September in my garden on California’s North Coast, the short naked stems of Cyclamen hederifolium rise only a few inches above the soil…