Book Review: Swamplands
Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat There is a gobsmacking fact early on in the new book Swamplands: Tundra Beavers,…
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Book Review: The Jungle Garden
As designers, my husband and I found The Jungle Garden to not only be a useful manual, but also an engaging story which walks you…
Garden Futurist – Big Research on Gardening Trees with Drew Zwart
Fall 2021 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode VIII podcast here. While some areas of science get a lot of flashy language, Garden Futurist…
Climate Ready Landscape Plants: Practices
Fall 2021 Watch the Climate Ready Landscape Plants, Episode 2 of the Landscapes of Change mini-documentary series, here. The Climate Ready Landscape Plants project seeks…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations on Watershed Gardening
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from landscape architects Tom Rau and Marilee Kuhlmann’s answers during a…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations from a Portland, Oregon Nursery
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from Sean Hogan’s answers during a conversation with Saxon Holt for…
The Roots in My Garden
Fall 2021 The roots in my garden grow far into the winter, and fall planting is great for my plants. I plant new container plants…
The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch: Part 2 of 2
Summer 2021 Read Part 1 Here Watch our Landscapes of Change video about The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch here. Preliminary successes and recommendations: Weed management Sheet…
The Native Plant Garden in Summer
Summer 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams all constructed…