Peonies Delight Us Anew
The grandeur of peonies in the spring garden is captivating. They are outstanding garden plants for a multitude of reasons—they are long lived, low maintenance,…
Seasons: Winter
Remembering E. O. Wilson – Foreward by Doug Tallamy
Winter 2022 Edward O. Wilson—entomologist, myrmecologist, ecologist, evolutionary biologist, sociobiologist, and perhaps the most impactful conservation biologist in history—died December 26, the day after Christmas,…
Botanic Gardens are Horticultural Innovators with Garden Futurist Ari Novy
Winter 2022 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode X podcast here. Botanic gardens benefit home gardens, urban ecosystems, and scientific research—including plant conservation through…
Laboratory Report: (January 2022)
Winter 2022 A set of recent articles on climate change research uncovers some new insights that might be helpful to gardeners, although the studies’ findings…
Myths: Aphids Are Always a Problem
Series Introduction All gardening techniques and assumptions have a double edge. Negative garden concepts often have a germ of the positive, while positive approaches can…
A Wellspring of Waste with Garden Futurist Deborah Pagliaccia
Winter 2021 Listen to the full Garden Futurist: Episode IX podcast here. One researcher is taking an unexpected approach to industrial agriculture’s greatest environmental challenges…
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…
Dudleya – Silver Wonders
Winter 2021 Over the last several years, a California native succulent has increasingly made headlines as the subject of several high-profile plant poaching cases. Clinging…
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…