Wake Up Your Late Summer Garden
I can relate to this woman – swap out her lush green hillside with California’s crispy brown hills, and the picture would be complete.
I can relate to this woman – swap out her lush green hillside with California’s crispy brown hills, and the picture would be complete.
Today I’m sharing a delicious elderflower cordial recipe, compliments of my elderberry tree. But first, a little info about this magnificent native plant that I
I’m regularly asked by other gardeners what my favorite heat-loving, deer-resistant perennials are, and what has survived year after year. Even though I’ve written
Have any of you heard of the Little Island garden before? Well, I sure hadn’t, so imagine my surprise when I quite literally stumbled upon
I’ve been designing with ornamental grasses for decades and consider them an indispensable staple not only in my own garden but in those I design.
Over the past several years, I’ve written a lot about creating a lawn-free garden. I’ve talked about everything from the nitty -gritty details of removing
Every few years, when the conditions are just right, this meadow is filled with thousands and thousands of lupines. I just so happened to be
Having designed gardens throughout California for decades, I want to share with you my favorite top 30 native plants for the garden. These are native
It’s almost spring and there’s lots happening in the garden right now, but I have to say the flowering quince and pipevine swallowtails are stealing
This is my favorite time of year, with fall colors at their peak. The towering maples, liquid ambers, and black oak trees are on fire
Yes, you read that right – I have FOUR seasons of salvias in my garden. Now keep in mind, I live in a temperate zone-9
Creating contrast in the garden is such an important design principle, I thought it would be helpful to show the many different ways I accomplished