The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch: Part 1 of 2
Summer 2021 Watch our Landscapes of Change video about The Potrero Hill Eco-Patch here. Read Part 2 Here Introduction Native, biodiverse, and ecologically functional planting…
Topics: Perspectives
Sustainable Defensible Space
The 2020 California wildfire season has caused historic losses of life, property, and wildlands. Southern California, one of the most fire-prone environments in the world, has…
California Native Ferns
Ferns are among Earth’s oldest plants, tracing back before the time of the dinosaurs (300 million years ago). They appear in fossil records well before…
The Native Plant Garden in Winter
The floor of the Sacramento Valley is mostly flat agricultural land veined with a network of creeks, sloughs, levees, and dams, all constructed to collect…
Horticulture is Critical to Our Future
A movement to inspire youth and promote horticultural careers
Gardens are Essential—Especially During a Pandemic
As a college freshman, new to the city of Providence, Rhode Island, stressed about looming class deadlines, and desperate for the open fields and rambling…
The Seed Stewards
Namu Farm is in Winters, in the western Sacramento Valley about 65 miles north of Oakland. Photo: Melissa Hung On a sunny day in May…
Web Extra: Your Urban Backyard Habitat Can Support Biodiversity
Spring 2022 Zhongyu Sun (2014) and colleagues sought to understand the influence of community development on ecological memory, the remnants of an ecosystem integral to…
Magical Thinking
Volunteers work a bucket brigade from a tank truck into the field to water young trees. Photo: Magic Many of us who celebrate the beauty…