Harvesting Color from the Garden
Fallen leaves, vegetables and herbs from the garden, and weeds and waste otherwise headed for the compost pile, all contain a palette of natural color…
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San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Cloud Forest
For hundreds of rare and endangered plants native to the world’s misty cloud forests, foggy San Francisco feels like home. San Francisco Botanical G…
A Matter of Latitude: Bart O’Brien
A fitful breeze wafted across Southern California last December. It was a collective sigh of dismay when Bart O’Brien left his post as Director of…
The Gardens at Lake Merritt
Wander the Gardens at Lake Merritt virtually any day of the week and you’ll find moms or nannies with children in strollers, people practicing tai c…
Studying Nature’s Calendar
Phenology is the study of plant and animal life-cycle events related to seasonal and climate changes. Gathering and recording data from year to year enables…
Garden Allies: Dragonflies and Damselflies
Within minutes of filling the old cast-iron tub with water, we were watching the aerial antics of several cardinal meadowhawk dragonflies as they swooped and…
Garden Allies: Lady Beetles
There are those who do not really like insects, but it’s hard to find anyone who does not have a soft spot for lady beetles.…
Horticultural Heroes
West Coast horticulturists, Richard A. Brown and Rosalind Creasy, are among the distinguished recipients of this year’s American Horticultural Socie…
Fire Safe Landscaping
Fire is powerful, consuming, and terrifying. Literally, a force of nature. Our thoughts and hearts are with people in and around San Diego County as…