Sustainability in the Garden
As horticulturists, landscape professionals, gardeners, and plant lovers, there are many opportunities for us to take the lead in creating a sustainab…
Regions: Oregon
Oregon
Kinzey Faire Revisited
The garden of Kinzy Faire, in Estacada, Oregon, now extends to three acres, and Penny tends it herself. She has given up the delusion that she can sto…
Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy
I have always been suspicious of lay monographs, especially those with titles that evoke something more akin to cheerleading than botanical erudition. Yet, I did…
Garden Allies: Lacewings and Their Kin
The order Neuroptera includes green and brown lacewings, dustywings, antlions, owlflies, and mantidflies. Lacewings and their kin prey on all sorts of…
Gardening at Ninety
As I kneel on the grass to plant daffodils for next spring, I wonder if I shall be here to see them. I am now ninety—well beyond the allotted three-…
The Hardy Fern Foundation Turns Twenty
The Hardy Fern Foundation’s goals are “to establish a comprehensive collection of the world’s hardy ferns for display, testing, evaluation, publ…
Small Eucalyptus for Western Gardens
Drought-tolerant eucalypts from desert and mediterranean climates of Western Australia rarely grow larger than small trees or large shrubs, shed littl…
Trees for All Seasons: Broadleaved Evergreens for Temperate Climates
It has been twenty-five years since Timber Press released the English translation of the immortal Gerd Krüssman’s monumental, three-volume Manual of Broad-leafed Trees & Shrubs.…
Timber Press Guide to Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
Should I buy this for my home library? This is the toughest question I can ask about a book, as I have a library of…