Native plants have become garden staples as California gardeners have realized how beautiful and resilient they can […]
Delicious and colorful fruit, aromatic flowers, evergreen leaves: Citrus trees have much to offer the eyes, […]
Basil in the July Garden
By July, gardeners may be noticing that their garden doesn’t look as fresh and vibrant as […]
Flowering Dogwood 'Venus'
We’ve had some beautiful weather… rain then sunshine and then repeat! This pattern creates lots of […]
Native California Iris Flowers
In Bay Area gardens we are lucky to be able to grow beautiful citrus plants of […]
Meyer Lemons ripe on the tree
February was a confusing month for Bay Area humans and plants… we got very little rain […]
Hardenbergia vine spilling into a bed of geraniums
Many of you know that I am a Champion Weeder. It’s not that I really enjoy […]
Mushrooms are signs of all the fungal activity happening out of sight underground in the winter garden
Trees have lost their leaves, flowers are dormant underground, and cloudy days cast everything a little grey. […]