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Marys Peak: The Oregon Coast Range’s Sky Island
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Voices of the West; New Science on Life in the…
Spring 2024 As a gardener, I want it all—a thriving habitat full of native plants designed to attract wildlife, plants that…
The Night Garden: Design for…
Fall 2023 Exit lightEnter nightTake my handWe’re off to…
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Feeding the Birds, Au Naturel
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Mulch Belongs in Your Wildfire Resilient Garden
Winter 2024 There’s a lot of pressure on our landscapes to protect our properties from fire, but it may be an…
The root of the matter:…
Fall 2023An update to our 2023 Drought Roadmap…
Thriving Water Saving Gardens for…
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Future-Proof Selections for the Central…
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Drought Roadmap for Gardeners
Spring 2023The Drought Roadmap aims to go after…
Episode XXIV: Ground Up Science…
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Ground Up Science for Greener…
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Understanding Habitat Origins for Houseplant Happiness: The Genus Formerly Known…
Spring 2024 If you’re unfamiliar with the scientific name Sansevieria, perhaps you’ll recognize its nicknames “snake plant,” or my personal favorite,…
A Plant-Love Story: How A…
Winter 2024 If there were three words that…
Understanding Habitat Origins for Houseplant…
Winter 2024 As you might have guessed from my…
Understanding Habitat Origins for Houseplant…
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Seeding: The End and the…
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California Native Plants for the…
Fall 2023 Originally published in 2005, the highly regarded…
A Plant-Love Story: A Palm…
Fall 2023 Wallace Stevens wrote in his poem, “Of…
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You’re About to Want to Grow a Fruit Tree with…
Spring 2024 Listen to the podcast here.Learning to garden with fruit trees can connect you to unimaginable flavor experiences, a romance…
Solving the Mystery of the…
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Climate-Ready Detectives Select Plants for…
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We Can Protect Plants from…
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Protecting Invertebrates from Pesticides with…
Winter 2024Listen to the podcast here.Invertebrates do so…
Episode XXXIV: Protecting Invertebrates from…
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Hit the Lights! The impacts…
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Lessons From the Japanese Garden: Revisited
Western observers are so impressed by the beauty, exoticism, and precise maintenance of the Japanese garden that they rarely attempt…
The Native Flora of Chile…
Spring 2024 The native flora of Chile has…
Garden Design for the Greater…
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2023 Student Design Futurist Award…
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How the Genus Primula Connected…
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Book Review: Back to the New Basics by Joe Seals
Fall 2023Reviewed by Anne Biklé, co-author What Your Food Ate and The Hidden Half of Nature I have been waiting…
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Episode XX: Frontiers of Soil:…
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