Book Review: Sustainable Food Gardens, Myths & Solutions
Baseball is simple, right? You throw the ball, you bat the ball, you catch the ball. Gardening is like that, right? You dig up the…
Seasons: Fall
Book Review: A Good Drink
In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits If you’ve ever wondered what the climate crisis might mean for the future of alcohol, author Shanna Farrell will…
Book Review: Swamplands
Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat There is a gobsmacking fact early on in the new book Swamplands: Tundra Beavers,…
Book Review: The Jungle Garden
As designers, my husband and I found The Jungle Garden to not only be a useful manual, but also an engaging story which walks you…
Garden Futurist – Big Research on Gardening Trees with Drew Zwart
Fall 2021 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode VIII podcast here. While some areas of science get a lot of flashy language, Garden Futurist…
Climate Ready Landscape Plants: Practices
Fall 2021 Watch the Climate Ready Landscape Plants, Episode 2 of the Landscapes of Change mini-documentary series, here. The Climate Ready Landscape Plants project seeks…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations on Watershed Gardening
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from landscape architects Tom Rau and Marilee Kuhlmann’s answers during a…
Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations from a Portland, Oregon Nursery
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from Sean Hogan’s answers during a conversation with Saxon Holt for…
Turf Transformation into Beautiful, Sustainable, and Resilient Landscapes
#LifeNotLawn Climate chaos, continuing drought, extreme temperatures, declining populations of songbirds and insects— are calling for homes and yards that are heat tolerant, water thrifty,…