New Trees: Recent Introductions to Cultivation
Every now and again, a really important book comes along that needs to be on the library shelf of anyone serious about trees. So it…
Plants: Trees and Shrubs
The Melissa Garden: A Sanctuary and Season of Honey Bees
Barbara Schlumberger envisioned the Melissa Garden, in Healdsburg, California, as "an iconic garden to venerate the honey bees, demonstrate bee-friend…
Van Atta Design Studios: Sustainable Design on a Small Site
Our intention for the landscape around our new studio building was to make the most of our small site. The opportunities for incorporating clever and …
Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies
Landscape architect Owen Dell long ago established himself as a maverick, promoting design solutions that actually enhanced the natural ecology of a site, while providing…
Creating a Garden on the Sound
We asked Mary Rae to describe what she wanted out of the redesigned spaces in her garden on Puget Sound and were told that they should be fun. The fro…
Kinzey Faire Revisited
The garden of Kinzy Faire, in Estacada, Oregon, now extends to three acres, and Penny tends it herself. She has given up the delusion that she can sto…
A Wind-blown Garden on a Sea Ranch Bluff
The power of the incessant winds, which lash the bluff and everything that grows on it, was a lesson learned in designing a garden at The Sea Ranch, o…
Orchard Trees of Rancho Los Cerritos: Pomegranates
The pomegranates at Rancho Los Cerritos, in Long Beach, California, date back to the mid-1840s, when John Temple added this “exotic” fruit, as wel…
Sustainability in the Garden
As horticulturists, landscape professionals, gardeners, and plant lovers, there are many opportunities for us to take the lead in creating a sustainab…