Trees for Tomorrow
At their best, urban forests carefully balance the needs and desires of humans for shade, beauty, and easy care with environmental conditions at a giv…
Topics: Environment
To Dig or not to Dig
Too much digging disrupts beneficial soil fungal communities and destroys the hard-fought, albeit gradual, improvements in soil structure.
City Gardens
The upcoming Winter 2018 issue of Pacific Horticulture explores urban gardens and green space in our cities.
Avian Dinosaurs
Birds (Aves), also known as Avian Dinosaurs, comprise the last surviving group of theropod dinosaurs
Bellwethers of a Healthy Environment
Warning: Birds are a gateway species and may be habit-forming. While birds themselves are not addictive, learning about them may result in a total re…
Resources for the Back Yard Birder
Books, websites, and links to other birding resources to familiarize you with backyard birds.
Saffron
A farmer experiments with cultivating one of the world's most valuable crops in Half Moon Bay, California.
Orange Petunias on the Loose
Only someone who knew what to look for would recognize that something was wrong. But an observant plant biologist knew that the salmon-orange colored petunias…
To our plant and garden community,
Almost one year ago, on October 15th and 16th, 2016, the Pacific Horticulture community gathered for a horticulture summit in Santa Rosa, Ca. The Changing…