January Showers Bring February flowers…
Fall 2022 It may not quite have the same ring to it as the old English proverb, but it has a lot more truth to…
Topics: Perspectives
Invasive Plants Are Still Being Sold: Preventing Noxious Weeds in Your Landscape
Autumn 2022 With so many beautiful ornamental plant species and cultivars throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, how do you decide which ones to include…
Calochortophilia: A Californian’s Love Affair with a Genus
Summer 2022 I can chart the progression of my life by Calochortus. For the last two decades, at least. As a teenage girl growing up…
Finding Connection to Place though Indigenous Knowledge with Garden Futurist Judy BlueHorse Skelton
Summer 2022 Listen to full Garden Futurist: Episode XVII podcast here. When we look at the Willamette Valley, we recognize that we see these remnant…
Growing a New Generation of Farmers, One Plot at a Time
Summer 2022 Duane Lane, a Yakama tribal descendant, spends his weekdays working in Portland as a resource navigator for the Oregon Native American Chamber of…
Book Review: The Coasts of California
Summer 2022 The Coasts of California by Obi Kaufmann is an amazing achievement in both art and science. It is brimming with expressive yet accurate…
Representing Black Gardeners with Garden Futurist Colah B Tawkin
Summer 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode XVI podcast here. We’re making space for the social and cultural aspects of horticulture as an…
Add Year-Round Interest and Winter Blooms for Pollinators
Spring 2022 This article was created from an Interview by Merrill Jensen with Neil Bell in the Summer of 2021 for our Pacific Plant People…
Gardening for Renters
March 2022 As a professional nurseryman, I am asked every imaginable question about which ornamental plants to buy and how to care for them. But…