Caudiciform Plants
Caudiciform plants form a caudex—a fat, swollen stem, trunk, or aboveground roots—giving rise to colorful names like elephant’s foot, Buddha bel…
Seasons: Summer
Susanna’s Folly
“We didn’t plan to have an amphitheater. We didn’t plan to have a stage. We just wanted to make a garden sculpture,” Southern California garde…
Pat Quinn, San Francisco Botanical Garden Horticulturist
Horticulturists Pat Quinn and Clare Al-Witri talk about the life of a working gardener as they clean up storm damage in the Mesoamerican Cloud Forest …
Bella Madrona
Those who have the pleasure of visiting Bella Madrona do not soon forget this exceptional garden. Please join us
Gardens, Art, and Travel
Daniel Mount is a botanist, a writer, a photographer, an artist, a teacher, and above all a gardener.
Westwind Farm Studio
Connecting humans and wildlife to the earth is at the very heart of intentions for Westwind Farm Studio, a remarkable Oregon landscape.
Designing Spaces
Making a garden is a creative expression. And as we all know, an intellectual exercise as well as a physical one.
Planting the New California Garden Part 3: Bernadette Balics
Bernadette Balics founded Ecological Landscape Design based on her conviction that it is both possible and important to apply principles of ecology, s…
Slow Flowers Summit
Slow Flowers Summit features leading voices in the progressive American-grown floral community who will challenge conventional assumptions, stimulate …