Design Futurist Award Announced: Committee Shares Vision
March 8, 2023 At Pacific Horticulture, we believe that beauty can be defined not only by gorgeous plants and design, but also by how gardens…
Plants: Native plants
Nature Therapy from the Contemplative Garden
Winter 2022 Women’s hushed morning voices mingled with crashing waves and chattering crows. “The kettle’s still hot.” “Can you pass the honey?” Whoosh, crash, caw,…
Portland Parks’ “Nature Patches”
Winter 2022 Nature is so beautiful when left to its own devices, yet crisply manicured lawns remain a status symbol. This is true in Portland,…
January Showers Bring February flowers…
Fall 2022 It may not quite have the same ring to it as the old English proverb, but it has a lot more truth to…
Thrilling Humanized Nature in the Anthropocene with Garden Futurist Michael Boland
Fall 2022 Listen to the Podcast Here. The article you are about to read is a little different from our usual podcast transcript articles format.…
Garden Design in Steppe with Transforming Landscapes with Garden Futurist Emmanuel Didier
Summer 2022 Listen to full Garden Futurist: Episode XVII podcast here. Emmanuel Didier, Principal and Creative Director at Didier Design Studio is a leading figure…
Seslerias: Versatile Groundcover Meadow Grasses
Summer 2022 Without question, the most beautiful and versatile of all the groundcover meadow grasses are the moor grasses (Sesleria). Moor grasses tick off all…
Calochortophilia: A Californian’s Love Affair with a Genus
Summer 2022 I can chart the progression of my life by Calochortus. For the last two decades, at least. As a teenage girl growing up…
Wildfire and Your Landscape: What you Need to Know
FIRE PREPAREDNESS ARTICLES & RESOURCES: 01. Pacific Horticulture | Sustainable Defensible Space The 2020 California wildfire season has caused historic losses of life, property, and…