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Past Editorials
Editorials
The Simple Pleasure of Daffodils
The Chilean Flora
The October 2011 issue of Pacific Horticulture is my fifty-eighth as editor. Two more will make an even sixty-and a perfect time to settle into a new work pattern known as retirement. The April 2012 issue will be my last...
More Thoughts on Sustainability
Whether in our homes, workplaces, private gardens, or public landscapes, the question of sustainable development leads to endless discussions of what the expression really means. Each explanation proffered...
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Trees
With this April issue, Pacific Horticulture launches a new series of articles on trees: Striving for Diversity. Botanist and contributor Matt Ritter explains the vision behind this new series...
The Return of the Laboratory Report
Inspirations for a Smaller Garden
Matthew Maggio’s brilliant manuscript arrived on my desk in late June. A quick review of the text and the images of his new Succulent Garden at Sherman Library and Gardens provided just the inspiration I needed to do something with those poor succulents waiting to be set free from their pots…
Chickens
Chickens are in today. Scarcely a week goes by without a magazine or newspaper-even the Wall Street Journal!-exploring America's growing fascination with chickens. Websites are devoted to the subject, and designers of all sorts are finding opportunities to create stylish and whimsical chicken coops.
From the Board President
Celebrating Our 35th Year!
From the Board President
On the eve of its thirty-fifth year of publication, Pacific Horticulture has good cause to celebrate...
Thoughts on Sustainability in the Garden
There are a lot of ideas floating around these days about what sustainablity means in a garden. Several articles in this issue address the subject…
Weathering Heights
Snowfall measured in feet…rainfall measured in fractions of an inch. Either way, it was a challenging winter here on the West Coast…
Back from the Green
Since 1998, Pacific Horticulture has hosted a series of symposia under the banner of Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies. In last October’s sixth edition, our presenters spoke of the exceptional beauty of our natural landscape and native flora…
From the Board President
While the primary focus of Pacific Horticultural Foundation’s work is the publication of Pacific Horticulture, both garden and natural history tours and horticultural seminars and symposia are important dimensions of our mission.
Variations on a Theme of Water
Water will be the thread that ties together the talks and the gardens visited as part of Pacific Horticulture’s sixth edition of Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies.
Message from the President
Each year in the April issue, we thank those who have made contributions to the Friends of Pacific Horticulture over the past year.
Mediterranean Skies: San Diego Style
All roads led to San Diego, it seemed, for the last weekend in September
Unveiling the New Pacific Horticulture Website
…a lively, current, and informative website to complement and support Pacific Horticulture magazine.
Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies Moves to San Diego
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Observations in a Garden: Visitors and Residents
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