Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations on Watershed Gardening
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from landscape architects Tom Rau and Marilee Kuhlmann’s answers during a…
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Pacific Plant People – Plant Recommendations from a Portland, Oregon Nursery
Fall 2021 Watch the video excerpt of the Pacific Plant People interview here. Adapted from Sean Hogan’s answers during a conversation with Saxon Holt for…
The Roots in My Garden
Fall 2021 The roots in my garden grow far into the winter, and fall planting is great for my plants. I plant new container plants…
Lockwood de Forest III
Summer 2021 I met Kellam de Forest when I began working at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG) in 2013. I had recently learned of…
The Native Plant Garden in Summer
Summer 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams all constructed…
Integrated Pest Management
Summer 2021 Gardening offers many pleasures, from the joy of getting our hands in the soil to seeing the beautiful flowers that are the culmination…
Organized chaos—Food, Roses and a Jungle Retreat
Summer 2021 #LifeNotLawn Approaching from any direction, this corner landscape blazes with color in high summer, and beckons you in winter with subtle silver foliage…
Turf Transformation into Beautiful, Sustainable, and Resilient Landscapes
#LifeNotLawn Climate chaos, continuing drought, extreme temperatures, declining populations of songbirds and insects— are calling for homes and yards that are heat tolerant, water thrifty,…
The Beauty of Organized Chaos
Choosing Beauty Isn’t it interesting—and I recognize a privilege here in the ability to choose—how beauty expresses care, how color and design draw you, attract…