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: Water wise
Expand Your Palette: Waterwise Plants for your Landscape
There’s nothing more thrilling to plant lovers than discovering new plants to test in the garden. Here in the southernmost corner of California, we have…
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,…
Readily Available Low-Water Plants for a Warming Climate
Fall 2022 Al Shay is the manager of the Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture on the campus of Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis.…
Add Water: Scratching the Surface on Irrigation
Fall 2022 At its simplest, landscape irrigation is a combination of how much and how frequently water should be applied. However, these are two expansive…
Just Add Water: How to Hack Your Controller
Fall 2022 Read the preceding article here. A weather-based irrigation protocol allows you to adjust irrigation to meet plant needs by irrigating more frequently in…
Benefits of Mulch in Regulating Soil Temperature
Fall 2022 One of the best things a gardener can do to help the trees in their care is to add an appropriate mulch ring…
West Coast Rock Gardening
Fall 2022 Foreword by Paul Spriggs Rock gardening has historically been popular in the Pacific Northwest. Many European immigrants brought their rock gardening culture with…
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…