[sidebar]September 13–14, 2014 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA[/sidebar] Join Pacific Horticulture, a lively gathering of eco-thought leaders and designers, and other like-minded
…I started to wonder if I could design a course that encouraged freshmen to recognize the beauty and wealth of trees on campus? Could I meld my curiosity about the trees and rejuvenate my rusty background in botany to help create a resource for the community?
Have you ever seen a sign while you’re driving down the freeway and wondered, “What would I find if I headed that direction?” Follow signs on the 101, just south of Gilroy, California, for Gavilan College and you will find a beautiful, small campus nestled against the eastern side of the coast range. Gavilan College is named for the Gabilan Range, which neighbors the Santa Cruz Mountains, and extends from San Benito County south as far as the Pinnacles in Monterey County.
With this April issue, Pacific Horticulture launches a new series of articles on trees: Striving for Diversity. Botanist and contributor Matt Ritter explains the vision behind this new series…
Winter 2022 Listen to the Podcast here. If you live in the Pacific region, you know that seasons in your garden look different from the
Undeservedly Rare Palms for West Coast Gardeners. In the Philippines they say if you could count the stars then you could count all the ways the coconut tree serves us; this aphorism holds true for the usefulness of so many palms.
As a companion to Matt Ritter’s article about Japanese blueberry tree (Elaeocarpus decipiens, syn. E. sylvestris), which was featured in the October 2011 issue of
Spring 2025 All photos courtesy of the author; Owen Dell, RLA, ASLA Not long ago, our landscape architecture firm had an unusual request from one
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