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Where Did the Water Go?

This is the first in our 4-part series entitled Water-Sensitive Landscape Design (WSLD). Throughout the year we’ll explore what a water-sensitive garden is and where…

Restio Resource Guide

California horticulturist Martin Grantham and Ginny Hunt, owner of Seedhunt.com, have conducted extensive growing trials and tested a variety of restios in California gardens. The…

Aloes, Wine, & Cheese

Please join us for an afternoon filled with bloom and good cheer in a San Diego garden.

Quiet Crisis

[sidebar] TreePeople is working on all fronts to bolster LA’s ability to respond to this tree emergency. As an organization, they inspire and support the…

Caring for the Canopy

West Coast gardeners and horticulturists are both passionate and generous. From a college course designed to engage the next generation, to an ambitious tree-planting initiative…

The Urban Tree Key

The Urban Tree Key (www.urbantreekey.calpoly.edu) is a resource for identifying the 250 most common urban tree species in California. Simple questions and beautiful, graphic photos…

How to Keep Trees Alive in the Drought

TreePeople is working on all fronts to bolster LA’s ability to respond to this tree emergency resulting from severe drought conditions. As an organization, they…

Striving for Diversity

Beginning in the spring of 2011 Pacific Horticulture ran a series of articles titled “Striving for Diversity” that focused on encouraging gardeners to expand the…