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March 12, 2008
Canyon Garden Wins Pacific Horticulture Award
San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
The theme of Living Beautifully, Living Outdoors was brought to life in “Living on the Edge,” a superb demonstration of a water-conserving landscape for an outdoor living room and winner of the Pacific Horticulture award at the 2008 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. More...
March 10, 2008
Don’t Miss Pacific Horticulture at the Show
San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
The San Francisco Flower & Garden Show opens at the Cow Palace on Wednesday, March 12. One of the top four garden shows in North America, this year’s show promises twenty-five spectacular gardens, created by the Bay Area’s most innovative and creative garden makers. And Pacific Horticulture will be there, too. Visit us at booth 1100. More...
February 23, 2008
Chickens . . . in a Garden?
Report from the Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Designers Colin McCrate and Brad Halm of the Seattle Urban Farm Company win the Pacific Horticulture award at the 2008 Northwest Flower & Garden show with their display garden, “A Backyard Farm – Urban Agriculture in the Northwest.” More...
February 1, 2008
Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime
Hear Kenneth Helphand talk on February 4 in Berkeley, California, the role gardens have played for those involved in war—whether as combat soldiers or as prisoners of war More...
January 1, 2008
Is Spring Here Yet?
Project BudBurst has volunteers throughout the country time the leafing and flowering of certain plants each year so scientists more about climate changes over time. In 2008, this program begins in January. More...
January 1, 2008
Arboretum Library Catalog Goes Online, and Collection Circulates
The Arboretum Library of the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden now circulates to Arboretum Foundation members, and the collection can be viewed online. More...
January 1, 2008
The Seike Garden: An American Story
Expansion of Seattle's SeaTac airport required that Shinichi Seike's Japanese garden be moved. Attend the premier of the award-winning documentary that tells the story of how the garden was saved and relocated to the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden.. More...
January 1, 2008
Lawn or Edible Estate?
Descanso Invite You to Decide
Descanso Gardens (La Canada Flintridge, California) offers two takes on a front yard garden, one a typical lawn and the other, an edible garden. Visit beginning January 10 and continue through the fall and decide which you prefer. More...