Edible Landscaping
Rosalind Creasy’s first book, The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, was revolutionary in 1982. Gardens of the Mediterranean have always focused on edibles, and the…
Seasons: Summer
A Succulent Oasis at Sherman Library & Gardens
A complete renovation of the succulent section at Sherman Library & Gardens in Corona del Mar, California was undertaken in 2006. Succulent enthusiast…
The Demonstration Gardens at Falkirk
Falkirk is an eleven-acre estate anchored by a handsome three-story home, a blend of Queen Anne and Eastlake styles, built in 1888. A series of new ga…
The Evolution of a Native Garden
Creating a native garden has proven to be more challenging and more rewarding than I ever could have imagined when I began thirty years ago. The oak a…
Out with the Ivy
The process of ripping out the ivy, creating “structure” on the hillside with rocks, logs, and branches, and selecting, placing, planting, and obs…
Just like Olivier
One of California's top nurserymen and his wife debate the need for summer irrigation in their garden, which is dominated by native plants and those f…
The Marigold in California
Stop a minute and think about the beautiful marigold. There is nothing more joyous and life enhancing than yellow, golden, bronze, or orange marigolds…
Downsizing: It Just Suits Me
I discovered that the neighbors refer to my 350-square-foot studio as “the glass house,” most likely because the top of a twelve-foot-high window …
Future Feast in the Garden of Flow/Accumulation
On one magical weekend in September 2009, The Late Show Gardens turned the grounds of Cornerstone Sonoma into an exciting and inspiring garden festiva…