Building a Sustainable City Garden
In times of isolation, as in the past several months of the pandemic, we seek out community and resources to enrich our lives. People need…
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Best Plants in Low Water Field Trials Named Blue Ribbon™ Winners.
If you are looking for attractive plants for a low water garden, the UCLPIT Blue Ribbon™ winners are a great place to start. These are…
Small But Mighty—Natural Parasite Stops Defoliation of California Oaks
It’s easy to feel small—especially right now with the COVID-19 pandemic and societal response to racial injustice in the forefront of our minds. Everything around…
Laboratory Report (July 2020)
Bees Bite Plants to Encourage Flowering It’s every bumblebee’s nightmare: it is spring, and you are finally out and about, but the neighborhood plants are…
The Quest for the Best
Did you ever wonder how that latest plant variety made its way to your local nursery? Few people outside of the plant breeding and marketing…
Black Point Historic Gardens
Almost like a more popular younger sister, the Gardens of Alcatraz were selected for a preservation project and have received all of the attention while…
Living History in the Garden
Lucy Tolmach spent 35 years working at Filoli, first as a gardener starting in 1977 before being promoted to Garden Superintendent in 1979. Her title…
The Seed Stewards
On a sunny day in May 2018, Kristyn Leach uncoiled a length of garden hose outside a greenhouse on her farm. With a baseball cap…
Lester Rowntree
Lester Rowntree (1879-1979) pioneered the study, propagation, and conservation of California native plants. Through hundreds of magazine and journal articles, two critically acclaimed books,…