A Garden of Exceptional Palms
The Lakeside Palmetum is beginning to grow into prominence three decades after its founding on the shores of Lake Merritt. The Lakeside Palmetum’s botanical collection…
Plants: Trees and Shrubs
Secrets of the Oak Woodlands
As a Californian, I feel a great sense of PLACE when I think about “oak woodlands.” These iconic landscapes are integral to this place we…
The Allergy-Fighting Garden
Early in his book, Thomas Leo Ogren points out that allergies in the United States have greatly increased over the last sixty years and are…
Green is the Color of Nature
The entire West Coast is experiencing longer, warmer dry seasons, with significantly less precipitation during the rainy season. The West is officially in a drought…
A Plantsman’s Favorite Dwarf Conifers
Most dwarf conifers available in nurseries are from eight classic conifer groups. And as it turns out, the two that may be the least familiar…
Photo Gallery: Portland Memory Garden
As gardeners, we know that staying connected to plants and nature is therapeutic, enlivening, and restorative. –Patty Cassidy The mission of the Portland Memory Garden…
All in the (Horticultural) Family
Nancy Schramm remembers one of the West's great plantsmen—her dad.
The Dunn Gardens
In 1914, Arthur and Jeanette Dunn bought a 10-acre parcel in north Seattle for use as a summer retreat. In 1915, the Olmsted Brothers firm…
Sudden Oak Death Disease Prediction
Certain compounds found in the inner bark of coast live oak trees may serve as testable biomarkers able to indicate susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum infection.…