Great Plant Picks for 2004
For the fourth spring in a row, Pacific Northwest gardeners are able to share in the ruminations of thirty prominent horticulturists as they name outs…
Plants: Foliage plants, grasses, and succulents
New Life for an Historic Pasadena Garden
In 1929, at the height of California's Golden Age of Gardens, George Washington Smith was commissioned to build a home for Archibald Young above the A…
Impressions of Chinese Gardens
I have traveled to many countries to study their gardens and am fascinated by all the ways traditional gardens reflect the character of their time and…
Beyond Green Bamboo
Bamboo: the word engenders romantic and exotic images of tall canes (or culms) swaying in the slightest of breezes in distant tropic lands. Many speci…
Horticulture Beyond the Backyard: A Tale of Three Ditches
My husband Ib and I live in an older area of North Delta, in suburban Vancouver, British Columbia. Our storm water drainage system is a patchwork of c…
Garden Activities and New Plantings on the Stanford University Campus
This summer, at Stanford, visitors can see the university’s oldest and newest garden areas, as well as the exhibition, The Changing Garden: Four Cen…
Our Berkeley Garden
A dialogue among rock, sculpture, and the craggy forms and wild demeanors of plants that thrive in a dry climate—such is the nature of our nine-year…
Open for Viewing… Vancouver Island Garden Gem
The Milner Gardens and Woodland is a seventy-acre garden gem in Qualicum Beach, on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The proper…
Gardening in the Public Eye
When you drive down the street, what catches your eye—a sweep of turf or a riot of colorful flowers? Front yards are where first impressions are mad…