Garden Metaphor
“Your garden, it’s so . . . colorful and exuberant, like it’s on steroids. Then look at Dad’s: it’s so different.” My son’s recent comme…
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Garden Allies: Birds That Feed in Flight
Feeding on the Wing One of the pleasures of the Sonoma State University campus is a colony of cliff swallows that nest high on the…
Chilean Adventure: Excerpts from a Travel Diary
Kathy Musial kept a diary of her travels through Chile, in preparation for the Pacific Horticulture tour in October 2011. Her diary records her observ…
The Travels of Jubaea
The Chilean palm (Jubaea chilensis) is an aristocrat among cultivated palms. Few palms require the investment of time that Jubaea does, but the reward…
Doubt
While researching that paper, I had become focused on understanding exactly how master Japanese gardeners imbued a garden with the symbolism and image…
The Kobrinsky Garden Experience: A Construction Perspective
A fire pit is the nucleus of the Kobrinsky garden, visible from most windows in their home and the celebrated hub of activity for both human and hummi…
Enriching Your Garden with Tree Bark
Trees with distinctive bark can contribute a great deal of visual interest to a landscape. Tree bark has ornamental value in every season of the year;…
Aeonium in Habitat and Cultivation
I’ve had numerous sorts of Aeonium in my garden for many years; most were gifts from fellow gardeners that arrived without pedigree or identification; some…
Back-yard Birding
The cover of the January 2007 issue of Pacific Horticulture featured a female Anna’s hummingbird, in flight, feeding on nectar deep inside a flower …