Garden Allies: Wandering and Hunting Spiders
Spiders have eight legs, two more than insects, and are part of the class Arachnida, which includes several familiar orders of arthropods such as scor…
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The Ruth Risdon Storer Garden: Evolution of a Valley-Wise Garden
Since it was first planted in 1980, the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden at the western end of the UC Davis Arboretum has been a beautiful place where home g…
Introduction to Fire in California
The University of California Press continues to put out an exceptional series of introductory texts and field guides to the natural history of the Golden…
The Untamable Beauty of California’s Wildflowers
Nothing is quite as evocative of California’s glorious natural attributes as the ephemeral beauty of her native annual wildflowers. In the habitat g…
Witch Hazel: Queen of Winter
The sheer diversity, beauty, and all-season appeal of witch hazels have put them near the top of the list of valuable garden shrubs. Although witch ha…
Hardy Succulents: Tough Plants for Every Climate
If you ever thought that succulents lacked appeal, one look at the sumptuous photographs by Saxon Holt in this new book will change your mind.…
There’s Magic Behind Those Walls
What appears to be a private residence or club is actually a public jewel, a magical place: the Marin Art and Garden Center, a property with an intrig…
Tea Roses: Old Roses for Warm Gardens
The importance of this new book cannot be emphasized enough, as it fills a gap in rose history and cultivation that has existed since the…
Garden Allies: Soldier Beetles
A lack of potential for commercial use may help explain why soldier beetles have been so little studied, despite a voracious appetite for aphids, cate…