The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
In my career as executive director of the Bloedel Reserve, I had a number of opportunities to present programs about Northwest plant collectors, including Archibald…
Regions: Oregon
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Garden Allies: Spinning & Weaving Spiders
Spiders are an integral component of a healthy garden food-web and a critical element of successful garden biological control strategies. It is easy t…
Greenscapes: Olmsted’s Pacific Northwest
The Olmsted name is synonymous with landscape architecture and planned green spaces. Frederick Law Olmsted Sr was largely responsible for the development of the profession…
Black Plants
Paul Bonine’s first book, Black Plants: 75 striking choices for the garden, does not claim to be encyclopedic, but it is a fun read. More…
Evergreen Woody Groundcovers in the Winter Landscape
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A Bounty of (Hardier) Begonias
Lately, I've been experimenting with some of the newer, hardier selections of begonia in my Sacramento garden (USDA zone 9, Sunset zone 14). The group…
Sustainable Landscaping for Dummies
Landscape architect Owen Dell long ago established himself as a maverick, promoting design solutions that actually enhanced the natural ecology of a site, while providing…
Garden Allies: Tachinid Flies
Tachinids are the most diverse family of Diptera (true flies), and help control many pests; of the parasitic insects, only parasitoid wasps are of gre…
Cyclamen for Summer and Autumn
My appreciation for cyclamen begins anew each year in late summer when the first flowers appear in gardens that usually look tired, dry, and in need o…