Native Bees and Your Garden
Winter/Spring 2023 The native bees in and around our gardens face ever-increasing environmental pressures as they carry out their pollination duties. More than a quarter…
Topics: Biodiversity
Voices of the West; New Science on Life in the Garden
Did you know that oaks can harbor over 800 species of insects? That includes only those feeding directly on oak, where they feed on every…
Expand Your Palette: Waterwise Plants for your Landscape
There’s nothing more thrilling to plant lovers than discovering new plants to test in the garden. Here in the southernmost corner of California, we have…
Portland Parks’ “Nature Patches”
Winter 2022 Nature is so beautiful when left to its own devices, yet crisply manicured lawns remain a status symbol. This is true in Portland,…
Growing a New Generation of Farmers, One Plot at a Time
Summer 2022 Duane Lane, a Yakama tribal descendant, spends his weekdays working in Portland as a resource navigator for the Oregon Native American Chamber of…
The Wild World of Orchids
Summer 2022 As the world’s most diverse plant family, nothing can match the quantity and distribution of Orchidaceae. From the showy hybrids that we see…
Book Review: The Coasts of California
Summer 2022 The Coasts of California by Obi Kaufmann is an amazing achievement in both art and science. It is brimming with expressive yet accurate…
Big Tree-Data and Big-Tree Data with Garden Futurist Matt Ritter
Summer 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode XV podcast here. We are in an environmental crisis right now in many parts of California…
The Allure of Forest Gardens
Spring 2022 Bravery in a land of lawn and roses Mark, wearing a T-shirt printed with cats on a galactic background, describes his vision to…