Design Futurist Award Announced: Committee Shares Vision
March 8, 2023 At Pacific Horticulture, we believe that beauty can be defined not only by gorgeous plants and design, but also by how gardens…
Topics: Environment
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,…
Benefits of Mulch in Regulating Soil Temperature
Fall 2022 One of the best things a gardener can do to help the trees in their care is to add an appropriate mulch ring…
Invasive Plants Are Still Being Sold: Preventing Noxious Weeds in Your Landscape
Autumn 2022 With so many beautiful ornamental plant species and cultivars throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, how do you decide which ones to include…
Calochortophilia: A Californian’s Love Affair with a Genus
Summer 2022 I can chart the progression of my life by Calochortus. For the last two decades, at least. As a teenage girl growing up…
Finding Connection to Place though Indigenous Knowledge with Garden Futurist Judy BlueHorse Skelton
Summer 2022 Listen to full Garden Futurist: Episode XVII podcast here. When we look at the Willamette Valley, we recognize that we see these remnant…
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…