A New Garden Ethic
“The greatest injustice of our time may be the eradication of native ecosystems, the erasure of entire life forms, and the capacity of one species t…
Topics: Environment
Adopting a Summer-Dry Garden Aesthetic
It’s hard to know how to garden sustainably in a climate where a year-to-year graph of rainfall averages looks like it was drawn by a yo-yo.
Less Phone Time = More Trees
A Chinese designer has created the Forest app in hopes of improving work time productivity, and at the same time planting trees where they are needed …
Propagating and Growing Tropical Tree Ferns on the California Coast
Through years of experimentation, Daniel Yansura has discovered that many tropical tree ferns can adapt to his cooler climate in Pacifica, CA.—provi…
Sustainable Stormwater Management
Water always finds its way—fighting nature is laborious, expensive, and unsustainable. Managing stormwater and protecting waterways, the bane of urban planners everywhere, is further complicated…
Beauty and the Beast
Through visual storytelling and combining documentary art with conservation and climate and botanical science, Rob Badger and Nita Winter hope to insp…
Land on Fire
Wildfire. The word makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Fire has hit the West hard. Last fall devastating fires in…
After the Fires
Here at Pacific Horticulture, we’ve compiled a roundup of digital resources for gardeners facing recovery as well as anyone interested in creating a…
After the Ribbon Cutting
Most city parks, which usually consist of ornamental plants growing in expanses of turf grass.
South Pasadena nature park is a different story.