Gardening and Landscape Columns

California Plant Diversity

Plants have always been my best friends, and when I moved to California 42 years…

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Gardening During Shelter-in-Place

Many of our Planet Horticulture clients found out just how great having a garden and…

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Winter in The Garden

End of year. For many the end of the calendar year is such a rush…

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Mother’s Day & Roses

May is always an exuberant month in gardens and the natural world – winter is…

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Your Garden and Fire,It’s Complicated

There are common-sense ways of reducing fire risk. Reducing vegetation can reduce fire intensity and speed.…

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Planet Horticulture Style of Landscaping

In 1875, famed horticulturist Luther Burbank referred to Sonoma County as “the chosen spot of…

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January in the Garden

New Year, New Opportunities. Well we’ve passed around another planetary cycle in our lives and…

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Using Plants that Thrive Where You Live

Wine production is a big part of our local culture and economy and brings along…

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Our Homes and Gardens as Sources of Strength

Welcome to April. This April is probably going to be the most unusual and stressful April…

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July in the Garden

July is the peak time of year for outdoor living. For those who need more motivation…

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Planning for Spring

We are privileged to live in an extraordinary place on the planet. While no place…

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March in the Garden

The Transition. March is generally the time when we transition from the winter garden to our…

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Plants In the Summer

Heat. Now that real heat has set in, often with vengeance, it is clear that summer…

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Opening Up Our Landscapes

A landscape with a casual feel, and diversity of spaces for outdoor living, and a…

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Gardening in the Time of Pandemic

I’m sure most of you who have gardens found in the last month how important…

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Designing a New Garden

When creating a new landscape, understanding goals and seeing the potential, are the most essential…

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Super Natural Landscapes

A supernatural landscape style is not a term you hear every day in gardening circles.…

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What is Missing in Your Landscape or Garden

Time to Relax. August (and September) tend to be a relatively laid-back time in gardens,…

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Fall in the Garden

Fall Ahead. We, humans, love to draw clear delineations between almost everything, and the seasons are…

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