Photographers in Alaska
On the recent Pacific Horticulture Society tour of Alaska everybody was a photographer. Hike to Caine’s Head Resurrection Bay on Kenai Peninsula, Pacific Horticulture [...]
Western Hills Turns 60
Western Hills Garden is celebrating its 60th anniversary and having party May 25 and 26. Begun as a homestead in 1959 by legendary plantsmen, Marshall [...]
Orchids – Conservatory of Flowers
The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers always has something in bloom. There is one entire exhibit room full of delights, the Potted Plants Gallery, that [...]
Ranching and Healthy Grassland Ecosystems
There is much positive news these days about regenerative agriculture. Ranchers and farmers are finding new ways to restore carbon to the earth and work [...]
Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve
It’s a great year for California wildflowers and I finally was able to photograph Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve. California poppies Eschscholzia californica flowering in [...]
SHRE – Grants for Horticulture Research
The Saratoga Horticultural Research Endowment (SHRE) gives sizable grants that foster the introduction of new and improved plant materials for California gardens and landscapes. The [...]
The Transplanted Gardener – Matthew Stephens
Matthew Stephens arrived in San Francisco from New York. With a masters degree in Public Horticulture and years of planting literally a million trees in [...]
A Green New Deal
Finally. An actual plan to do something about climate change. No, not the frightening, just released National Climate Assessment report. A Green New Deal is not [...]
The O’Byrne Tapestry Garden
No garden has ever thrilled me more than the O’Byrne garden. Carex flagellifera – Weeping Brown Sedge in pot on pedestal with whimsical chair [...]
A California Forest in Autumn
This is magical: Autumn magic in California; Castle Crags State Park A log to sit on and contemplate the changing season, a place [...]