Testing as Distraction When my mind needs a distraction from all things landscape, I bake.  After my spouse’s recent trip to Costco, I...

I needed this...we collectively need this...a Southern California floral designer, Maurice Harris, who successfully taps into his...

Postcards, a rarity within today’s electronic immediacy, offer an opportunity to see history in ways that may not be caught in websites...

If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, he would ask, “Haven’t we learned anything about the proliferation of disease?” In his time,...

The bucket list of Northern California public and quasi-public gardens. Motivated by 1993's Visiting Eden, by Joan Chatfield Taylor and...

On weeds, men, and the California Poppy: Weeds and Men: Mrs. Gatty (the mother of that beautiful woman, Juliana Horatia Ewing, who has so...

Before Olmsted designed Central Park or became America's first landscape architect. Twelve years after Texas statehood, Frederick Law...

This is how I started my Plastic Free July challenge, shopping. My Jeep is kept stuffed with reusable grocery bags, yet so many times I...

How a fragile object reveals my family’s tragedy and perseverance Our family’s material culture fits in a shoe box. A mason’s bible,...

Baking makes me feel human. It always has because the first person in my life who helped me feel whole was our neighbor, who invited me...

A mother's practice becomes a son's career and personal choice When after my mother past away and emptying out her home became necessary,...

The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden, by Gordon Hayward There are some books that stick with me, and The Welcoming...