Welcome, Greywater, to the Garden
Summer 2022 Oh, summer: delightful warm air, tomatoes swelling on the vine, fragrant blooms on an evening stroll. When it’s warm and rainless, how is…
Seasons: Summer
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…
Add Year-Round Interest and Winter Blooms for Pollinators
Spring 2022 This article was created from an Interview by Merrill Jensen with Neil Bell in the Summer of 2021 for our Pacific Plant People…
Book Review: A Field Guide to the Plants of Armenia
You can find dozens (if not hundreds) of guidebooks to the flowers of Europe, North America—even the Himalayas. But there is nothing for the Caucasus,…
Sustainable Defensible Space & Resilient Landscapes
Winter 2021 The western United States has experienced an unprecedented year of wildfires and drought in 2021. In California, we have been adapting our gardens…
Book Review: Garden Allies
The Insects, Birds & Other Animals That Keep Your Garden Beautiful and Thriving As editor of Pacific Horticulture magazine, I was thrilled when garden…
Book Review: Sustainable Food Gardens, Myths & Solutions
Baseball is simple, right? You throw the ball, you bat the ball, you catch the ball. Gardening is like that, right? You dig up the…
Book Review: A Good Drink
In Pursuit of Sustainable Spirits If you’ve ever wondered what the climate crisis might mean for the future of alcohol, author Shanna Farrell will…
Book Review: Swamplands
Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat There is a gobsmacking fact early on in the new book Swamplands: Tundra Beavers,…