The Native Plant Garden in Fall
Fall 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams all constructed…
Plants: Water wise
A Wellspring of Waste with Garden Futurist Deborah Pagliaccia
Winter 2021 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode IX podcast here. One researcher is taking an unexpected approach to industrial agriculture’s greatest environmental challenges…
Dudleya – Silver Wonders
Winter 2021 Over the last several years, a California native succulent has increasingly made headlines as the subject of several high-profile plant poaching cases. Clinging…
Climate Ready Landscape Plants: Practices
Fall 2021 Watch the Climate Ready Landscape Plants, Episode 2 of the Landscapes of Change mini-documentary series, here. The Climate Ready Landscape Plants project seeks…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations on Watershed Gardening
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from landscape architects Tom Rau and Marilee Kuhlmann’s answers during a…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations from a Portland, Oregon Nursery
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from Sean Hogan’s answers during a conversation with Saxon Holt for…
The Roots in My Garden
Fall 2021 The roots in my garden grow far into the winter, and fall planting is great for my plants. I plant new container plants…
The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch: Part 2 of 2
Summer 2021 Read Part 1 Here Watch our Landscapes of Change video about The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch here. Preliminary successes and recommendations: Weed management Sheet…
Organized chaos—Food, Roses and a Jungle Retreat
Summer 2021 #LifeNotLawn Approaching from any direction, this corner landscape blazes with color in high summer, and beckons you in winter with subtle silver foliage…