Growing Inspiration, Harvesting Water
Crescent Farm is a lively expression of a reimagined Southern California landscape designed to nurture plants, water, and wildlife. Replacing nearly an acre of lawn,…
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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,…
Women in Horticulture
For the special “Women in Horticulture” issue of Pacific Horticulture (Summer 2019), we’ve called out the following stories in the online archives; this is but…
California Plants
Dr. Matt Ritter teaches botany at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and luckily for us non-students, he also lectures up and down the state of…
A Photographer looks at Lotusland
The last time that I visited Lotusland in Santa Barbara, California, I was there on assignment to photograph prehistoric plants, those that existed in…
Adopting a Summer-Dry Garden Aesthetic
It’s hard to know how to garden sustainably in a climate where a year-to-year graph of rainfall averages looks like it was drawn by a yo-yo.
Your Garden: Australia Native Plants
Last fall the Thomas fire devastated Ventura County including the home of Jo O’Connell and Brian Cox, owners of Australian Native Plants nursery in Casitas…
Beauty and the Beast
Through visual storytelling and combining documentary art with conservation and climate and botanical science, Rob Badger and Nita Winter hope to insp…
After the Fires
Here at Pacific Horticulture, we’ve compiled a roundup of digital resources for gardeners facing recovery as well as anyone interested in creating a…