HORTUS Revisited: A Twenty-first Birthday Anthology
On the Pacific Coast, we are afforded magnificent and opposing views of the world. To the west, we see the East, and to the east,…
Plants: Trees and Shrubs
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran
In the words of the author, this book is the result of a twenty-year project, “to study every plant mentioned in the Bible and the…
Learning from Lotusland’s Orchards
Finding just the right tree for a home orchard can be a challenge, with so many available at local nurseries and through the internet. Lotusland has b…
Introduction to Fire in California
The University of California Press continues to put out an exceptional series of introductory texts and field guides to the natural history of the Golden…
Bountiful Harvest
Among the early pioneers in Southern California was an entrepreneur named John Temple, who purchased the 27,000-acre Rancho Los Cerritos in the 1840s.…
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…
The Ruth Risdon Storer Garden: Evolution of a Valley-Wise Garden
Since it was first planted in 1980, the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden at the western end of the UC Davis Arboretum has been a beautiful place where home g…
Character Building
Joy's Eugene, Oregon garden today is filled with life. The local kids love to hide among the gigantic feather reed grasses, and neighbors often stop b…