Quick Takes With: Daniel Nolan
One of our favorite Bay Area landscape designers, Daniel Nolan eschews the colorful and floral in favor of the textural […]
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The Garden Decoder: What Is ‘Hugelkultur’?
Perhaps, like me, you grow herbs and vegetables in traditional garden beds made from lumber, nails, and bolts, and filled
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The Plants You Want in Your Garden During a Heatwave
When May rolls around in the West, the thermostat starts to climb… and fast. If you’ve ever found yourself standing
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10 Things Your Landscape Architect Wishes You Knew (But Is Too Polite to Tell You)
By all accounts, landscape architects Gretchen Whittier and Kate Stickley are courteous people. They must be: after all, along with
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Gardening 101: Australian Astroturf
Australian Astroturf, Scleranthus biflorus Some hear the word “astroturf,” and they recoil and roll their eyes. But rest assured, this
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Ask the Experts: 5 Actionable Tips for a Fire-wise Landscape
When fires ripped through Los Angeles in January, killing at least 29 people and destroying more than 12,000 homes, some
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Gardening 101: Lepechinia
Pitcher Sage, Lepechinia When I first learned about these plants, I thought they were simply unfamiliar salvias, and as a
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