The first in a series I’m going to call, “If it were me, but it isn’t”. Yesterday I visited a friend’s home for the first time, and you know how that goes—on the drive home one inevitably thinks, “Well, if it were me…” In this case, my landscape brain got switched on by the trip [...]
Category Archives: garden
Video: How to grow veggies in a pot
05.07.2009 – 19:21
Short on space? You can grow a great crop in containers, too. Here’s how
Marsh Plants that Clean Grey Water
05.04.2009 – 13:42
Marsh plants like reeds, water hyacinth, iris and duckweed are not only beautiful, they can also help conserve and treat gray water.
History of the San Francisco Botanical Garden (Part 1)
01.12.2009 – 1:00
Storyteller extraordinaire Dr. Joseph Barbaccia begins the fascinating story of how the San Francisco Botanical Garden and Golden Gate Park came to be. (Dr. Barbaccia is a past president of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society and currently volunteers as a docent at the Garden.)
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Bare-root Planting Instructions
09.07.2008 – 17:03
Well, it’s almost fall again… Which means, time to get those plants in the ground so they can get established with benefit of the annual rains. Maybe you get more rain throughout the year in your area, but for us, in Mediterranean climates, we are wise to coordinate our efforts with olde Mother Earth! Here’s [...]
