Low-Hanging Fruit
Ah, that exquisite experience of biting into juicy, flavor-filled, tree-ripened fruit on a warm summer morning.
Seasons: Summer
Walker Young, Ruth Bancroft Garden Assistant Curator
Located on a busy suburban street, The Ruth Bancroft Garden is an oasis. Or perhaps it’s an inverted oasis—an artfully arranged collection of drou…
Urban Farmsteads
Having extra produce, particularly in peak season, is nothing new to the home vegetable gardener. People have been sharing that extra harvest for decades (hello,…
International Folk Art Festival
Experience the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market with Pacific Horticulture, July 2018
Planting the New California Garden Part 4: Kelly Kilpatrick
In 2013, Kelly Kilpatrick began work on this drought-tolerant garden in Tiburon, California. It’s a challenging location and the topsoil is thin—r…
Healdsburg Senior Living Community
At the Healdsburg Senior Living Community, a legacy lives on in an uplifting garden scene. A large space behind the community is filled with waves of …
Succulent Gardens
Succulents are seductive. Sophisticated designers and seasoned gardeners experimenting with creative container compositions revel in the plants’ graphic form, dizzying range of colors, and defiance…
Darkness and Light
Wendell Berry said, “The earth is what we all have in common.” To that I would add the sun, the moon, and the stars.
McConnell Arboretum & Gardens in Redding, California
Since opening in 2005, horticulturists at the McConnell
Arboretum & Gardens have successfully confronted a number of challenges to create a popular …