Sustainability in the Garden
As horticulturists, landscape professionals, gardeners, and plant lovers, there are many opportunities for us to take the lead in creating a sustainab…
Topics: Gardens & Design
Xanthorrhoea quandrangulata
A chance visit to the Los Angeles County Arboretum endowed us with a great potted ox of a plant that we now consider one of the finest things we grow.…
The Melissa Garden: A Sanctuary and Season of Honey Bees
Barbara Schlumberger envisioned the Melissa Garden, in Healdsburg, California, as "an iconic garden to venerate the honey bees, demonstrate bee-friend…
Van Atta Design Studios: Sustainable Design on a Small Site
Our intention for the landscape around our new studio building was to make the most of our small site. The opportunities for incorporating clever and …
Garden Allies: Tachinid Flies
Tachinids are the most diverse family of Diptera (true flies), and help control many pests; of the parasitic insects, only parasitoid wasps are of gre…
Creating a Garden on the Sound
We asked Mary Rae to describe what she wanted out of the redesigned spaces in her garden on Puget Sound and were told that they should be fun. The fro…
Small Eucalyptus for Western Gardens
Drought-tolerant eucalypts from desert and mediterranean climates of Western Australia rarely grow larger than small trees or large shrubs, shed littl…
The Begonia in California, Part 1
The begonia found a most congenial home in California, where its cultivation reached a pinnacle. The state’s fertile soils and equable climate were …
The UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars Project: Testing and Commercial Distribution
The University of California, Davis Arboretum has a strong commitment to educating Central Valley audiences about regionally appropriate gardening. Ar…