Sacramento’s Historic Rose Garden
Some 400 heritage roses, part of the Historic Rose Garden, lay nestled among the towering pines, cedars, and elms in the oldest part of Sacramento’s…
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New Palo Alto Demonstration Gardens
Where do you start when you want to make a public garden? In 2003, a group of twenty Santa Clara County Master Gardener volunteers looked for a site t…
Fragrance in the Wild Western Garden: Philadelphus
Toward the realization of a truly interesting, fragrant garden in the American West, Philadelphus is one of the genera with the most to offer. Western…
Arboretum All-Stars: Great Plants for Central Valley Gardens
Our horticultural staff has identified fifty tough, reliable plants that have been tested in the UC Davis Arboretum, are easy to grow, do not need a l…
Sacramento’s Hamilton Square Garden
The concept of a “garden cemetery” originated in nineteenth-century America with the era of romanticism. The first American cemetery to embrace th…
Garden Allies: Hover Flies
Meet the Hover Flies If you have ever paused near a patch of cosmos on a sunny summer afternoon, you are certainly familiar with the…
Poor Man’s Orchids: The New Impatiens
The author continues with a discussion of the tender perennial species of Impatiens that are bursting onto the garden scene. For those who live in the…
POD: An Award-Winning Garden
The garden selected for the Pacific Horticulture Award at the 2006 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show was unlike most others that have won our award, …
The Foundations of Lee’s Garden: Topography, Fractals, and Planting Design
The contribution that such a garden makes to its visitors and its watershed is unparalleled in my view. Lee’s garden is truly alive, an expression o…