Adventures in Growing
We arrived at the farm after midnight. The plane had come in low enough over Riyadh to display orderly rows of glittering lights and curving,…
Topics: Gardens & Design
California Outback
In 2013, Jo O’Connell jumped at the opportunity to buy the junkyard next door. It was an opportunity to expand her thriving Australian Native Plants…
Garden for the Environment
[sidebar]Visit Garden for the Environment for more details.[/sidebar] Along a busy avenue in San Francisco, a half acre of the urban landscape has been transformed into a…
Get your Garden ON
In a creative burst of horticultural design and finesse Portland’s annual Green on Green Garden Tour is back.
The Generosity of Succulents
“Can I just break off a piece to make more plants?” I frequently field this question at Solana Succulents, my nursery in Southern California, and …
Growing Good
[sidebar]Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is open throughout the year. For specific details and information about Art in the Garden, an annual fundraiser featuring a juried…
Green in the Garden
Green clarifies the mind, calms the nerves, and heals the anxious. From “A Gardener Comes to Terms with Green” in our summer issue of Pacific…
Eight Essential Elements for Butterfly & Pollinator Friendly Landscapes
1. Plant native flowering plants in a sunny area. Cluster native flowers in a variety of colors and shapes that bloom throughout the growing season.…
Browning of the Greensward (Revisited)
The following essay is an excerpt of a story that first appeared in Pacific Horticulture in the fall of 1977 in which the author, a…