Weighing Water Use in Gardens
Spend much time chatting with California landscape designers or working horticulturists and you’re bound to hear repeated references to WUCOLS [“woo-coals”], an acronym that stands…
Topics: Environment
Planting Design for Dry Gardens
Olivier Filippi masterfully guides us to adopt appropriate groundcovers and other plants for a summer-dry, mediterranean-influenced climate.
Water Sensitive Landscape Design
Read on to explore new ways of thinking about changing garden conditions and how to create a nature-friendly, resilient landscape.
Adapting to Change
[sidebar]Xera Plants specializes in growing climate-adapted plants for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to a retail nursery in Portland, Xera wholesales plants to…
WUCOLS
Gardening is so very local. But these days we’re all factoring in how much water our gardens require. Making the most of this precious resource…
Garden Math
In many cases seasonal storms represent an untapped resource just waiting to be harvested. Rainfall is free water. Do the math! To convert inches of…
Designing Plant Communities
Understanding the distinction between design and functional layers is crucial to balancing beauty with function. Aesthetically pleasing design can be highly complex and diverse. Designers…
Making a Difference
Managing the landscape during an extended drought means more than making smart plant choices. We’ve looked at shifting climate patterns, nurturing s…
Garden Allies: Humans
“Garden Allies” began ten years ago as a forum to share stories about the art and science of conservation biological control; those beneficial ins…