Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Jane Kirkpatrick has worked hard all her life, given generously to the community, and turned herself into a writer of warm, “feel-good” novels as she…
Topics: Perspectives
Garden Allies: Raptors
Powerful Winged Hunters Standing in our narrow side yard, my husband and I were startled by the sudden arrival of a red-tailed hawk scooping up…
Central Coast Gardening Essentials
Central Coast Gardening Essentials is the result of years of trial-and-error and keen observations by Joe Seals, a gardener, teacher, and horticulturist, who shares his…
Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World
For many years, Pacific Horticulture has sponsored tours to distant lands, with the specific intent of seeing plants growing in the wild that we grow…
Attracting Native Pollinators: The Xerces Society Guide to Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies
The colorful cover of Attracting Native Pollinators draws the reader in with beautiful photographs and a succinct synopsis of the contents: “Ensure pollination in your…
Garden Allies: Soil Microarthropods
Tiny but Essential Denizens of the Soil An inquiry came my way, some years ago, from a worried homeowner who had second thoughts about instructing…
The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening
The New American Landscape offers the nuanced perspectives of thirteen sustainable landscape experts on a range of topics that include native plants and wildlife gardening,…
Oak: The Frame of Civilization & Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation
Oak: The Frame of Civilization William Bryant Logan, 2003. WW Norton & Company, 5 x 8 inches, 336 pages, $15.95 (paper) Oaks in the Urban…
Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon
“A beetle of some sort,” said my husband, casually waving his hand to the side of the trail as he walked by. I stopped and…