Garden Allies: Wandering and Hunting Spiders
Spiders have eight legs, two more than insects, and are part of the class Arachnida, which includes several familiar orders of arthropods such as scor…
Topics: Perspectives
HORTUS Revisited: A Twenty-first Birthday Anthology
On the Pacific Coast, we are afforded magnificent and opposing views of the world. To the west, we see the East, and to the east,…
Figs, Dates, Laurel, and Myrrh: Plants of the Bible and the Quran
In the words of the author, this book is the result of a twenty-year project, “to study every plant mentioned in the Bible and the…
Introduction to Fire in California
The University of California Press continues to put out an exceptional series of introductory texts and field guides to the natural history of the Golden…
Seeds: Miracles in Tiny Packages
The Northwest Perennial Alliance's seed exchange has been a part of its programs from the earliest days. Currently NPA produces about 7,000 packets an…
Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape
Every bit as appealing as its title, Rain Gardens tells us what to do as we find ourselves in a built environment where much of…
Norah Lindsay, the Life and Art of a Garden Designer
When the beau monde of between-the-wars Britain required audacious herbaceous borders, they summoned not the stout, plain Gertrude Jekyll, but the amusing and aristocratic Norah…
Garden Allies: Soldier Beetles
A lack of potential for commercial use may help explain why soldier beetles have been so little studied, despite a voracious appetite for aphids, cate…
The Changing Western Climate: How It’s Likely to Affect You, Your Garden, and the Climate Zone Maps You Depend Upon
It helps to understand how delicately balanced the earth’s climate system must be. To survive, we need a planet doused in temperature-stabilizing fr…