“As We Recall”
When Dick Dunmire said, “Well now, as I recall,” we knew we were in for one of his stories. The story would begin who knows…
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A Garden that Never Sleeps
Kate Frey’s garden in Hopland, CA is lively 12 months of the year with a constant succession of blooming plants. Kate, a regular Pacific Horticulture…
Exquisite Gardening
We are all gardeners. The question is: what are we tending?
California Native Plant Society
Join with scientists, conservationists, university professors and students, CNPS chapter members, professional and amateur botanists and horticulturis…
Pressing Botanical Specimens
The practice of horticulture is often described as a combination of art and science. And the practice of pressing botanical specimens demonstrates this nicely, I…
A Seasonal Palette
Much of my discovery of new natural dye plants and colors results from a willingness to be open. The alchemy of the dye-making process relies…
Artful Gardens
In an age of computer screens, digital imagery, and instant communication, gardens hold the ability to reconnect us to the tangible world of changing …
Autumn Lights Festival
at The Gardens at Lake Merritt October 17-18, 2014 from 6-10pm.
Pteridomania Today
Victorians suffered from all manner of ailments from canine madness to hip gout, but the most pleasurable and desirable of these afflictions was and still…