Watch – A Toast To: Under Western Skies Launch Party
Full Webinar For A Toast To: Under Western Skies (Recorded May 11, 2021) Please enjoy Pacific Horticulture’s virtual toast and celebratory conversation with photographer Caitlin…
Topics: Gardens & Design
The Buzz on Bee Gardening—supporting critical pollinator insects
Surrounded by agricultural fields on the western edge of the University of California (UC) Davis campus, the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is a small but…
Finding your garden style
Here’s a bad idea: You live in a house that looks like it belongs on France’s Normandy coast and you’re intending to landscape the yard…
Growing Aloes in the Sacramento Valley
Like all great plants, aloes don’t need much and give a lot. They look beautiful year round, especially solitary plants with perfectly symmetrical rosettes, and…
The Native Plant Garden in Early Spring
Spring 2021 The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees and dams, all constructed…
Sustainable Defensible Space
The 2020 California wildfire season has caused historic losses of life, property, and wildlands. Southern California, one of the most fire-prone environments in the world, has…
California Native Ferns
Ferns are among Earth’s oldest plants, tracing back before the time of the dinosaurs (300 million years ago). They appear in fossil records well before…
A Horticultural Adventure through the West: Northern California
Traveling for the sake of traveling is fun, but traveling with a purpose becomes an adventure. My adventure, completed in the waning summer months of…
The Native Plant Garden in Winter
The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams, all constructed to collect…