Benefits of Mulch in Regulating Soil Temperature
Fall 2022 One of the best things a gardener can do to help the trees in their care is to add an appropriate mulch ring…
Regions: Southern California
So. Cal
West Coast Rock Gardening
Fall 2022 Foreword by Paul Spriggs Rock gardening has historically been popular in the Pacific Northwest. Many European immigrants brought their rock gardening culture with…
Invasive Plants Are Still Being Sold: Preventing Noxious Weeds in Your Landscape
Autumn 2022 With so many beautiful ornamental plant species and cultivars throughout California and the Pacific Northwest, how do you decide which ones to include…
Wildfire and Your Landscape: What you Need to Know
FIRE PREPAREDNESS ARTICLES & RESOURCES: 01. Pacific Horticulture | Sustainable Defensible Space The 2020 California wildfire season has caused historic losses of life, property, and…
The Wild World of Orchids
Summer 2022 As the world’s most diverse plant family, nothing can match the quantity and distribution of Orchidaceae. From the showy hybrids that we see…
Book Review: The Coasts of California
Summer 2022 The Coasts of California by Obi Kaufmann is an amazing achievement in both art and science. It is brimming with expressive yet accurate…
Representing Black Gardeners with Garden Futurist Colah B Tawkin
Summer 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode XVI podcast here. We’re making space for the social and cultural aspects of horticulture as an…
Big Tree-Data and Big-Tree Data with Garden Futurist Matt Ritter
Summer 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode XV podcast here. We are in an environmental crisis right now in many parts of California…
Pacific Plant People: Carol Bornstein
Spring 2022 Public gardens play a key role in demonstrating naturalistic planting design, selecting native and adapted plants for habitat, and testing techniques for reducing…