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"Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart." Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass. [...]
Says Mary Oliver: "Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. [...]
December can be the least exciting time in the garden and the most difficult month to find photos for a calendar. It is particularly hard [...]
Traditionally autumn is illustrated with New England foliage but every gardener in every region knows a different aesthetic. In the West, with so many different [...]
I have heard it argued that California does not have autumn. In fact, I do like to think of California as having only three very [...]
After 3 years of working on this book, it is done, and just released in January, 2021. Gardening in Summer-Dry Climates – by Nora [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic began as spring started, but spring was not cancelled - only humans needed to stop and think about our every move. Public [...]
The Wildlands Conservancy opened the first phase of the Southern California Montane Botanic Garden at Oak Glen Preserve in San Bernardino Mountains in the spring [...]
A recent report from the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) indicates 7 trillion particles of microplastic are entering the San Francisco Bay per year through [...]
The Summer-Dry Project has an all encompassing mission to help gardeners have success in summer-dry climates. California hills, chapparal ecosystem coastal hills range - Mt. [...]