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This archived 2017 story celebrates a past tour of Kate Frey’s pollinator garden. Event details are historical; the garden and plant-design ideas remain for inspiration.
This archived 2017 story celebrates a past tour of Kate Frey’s pollinator garden. Event details are historical; the garden and plant-design ideas remain for inspiration.
Designing Drought-Resistant Gardens for Summer-Dry Climates By Kate Frey Special Contributor In our summer-dry climate most of us have to water our gardens. The frequency ranges from several times a week in hot inland areas, to once a…
Designing Drought-Resistant Gardens for Summer-Dry Climates By Kate Frey Special Contributor In our summer-dry climate most of us have to water our gardens. The frequency ranges from several times a week in hot inland areas, to once a…
The Buck Stops Here: Say Goodbye to Garden-Munching Deer By Earl Nickel Special Contributor Gardeners whose yards are often visited by deer face a perplexing problem: how to keep these normally beloved animals from munching all their…
The Buck Stops Here: Say Goodbye to Garden-Munching Deer By Earl Nickel Special Contributor Gardeners whose yards are often visited by deer face a perplexing problem: how to keep these normally beloved animals from munching all their…
Fire-Safe Landscaping: Protect Your Home and Garden with Kate Frey By Kate Frey Special Contributor The recent fires in the Napa/Sonoma area have touched everyone in Northern California. The physical composition and appearance of our…
Fire-Safe Landscaping: Protect Your Home and Garden with Kate Frey By Kate Frey Special Contributor The recent fires in the Napa/Sonoma area have touched everyone in Northern California. The physical composition and appearance of our…
Growing Clarkias: Easy, Long-Blooming Beauty for Any Garden By Annie Hayes Gardener-in-Chief One Fall a large pine tree fell over into my backyard, discouraging me from going out to weed and turn over my soil as I usually do at...
Growing Clarkias: Easy, Long-Blooming Beauty for Any Garden By Annie Hayes Gardener-in-Chief One Fall a large pine tree fell over into my backyard, discouraging me from going out to weed and turn over my soil as I usually do at...
True Blue: The Search for the Garden’s Most Magical Color By Earl Nickel Curious Plantsman Why do we love the color blue? Certainly blue skies above mean sunshine and warming rays on our faces.
True Blue: The Search for the Garden’s Most Magical Color By Earl Nickel Curious Plantsman Why do we love the color blue? Certainly blue skies above mean sunshine and warming rays on our faces.
