About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

Native Plants in the home garden: Are you a native plant enthusiast? Sonoma County Master Gardener Bill Klausing, Rosemary McCreary and Linda King lead a talk on “Native Plants in the Home Garden” ...

Long-blooming native plants can bring color, structure, and life to garden beds far beyond the usual growing season, making them an excellent choice for gardeners who want vibrancy that lasts. There ...

Humans and nature go way back. Some might say we’re inseparable. Perhaps that’s why so many of us find that our yards and gardens provide us with a sense of refuge when we tire of the built ...

Few, if any, native flowering plants attract more attention in a garden than liatris (Liatris spp), aka blazing star or gayfeather. It is a perennial plant that blooms primarily in August. The flowers ...

Time for a bit of good news. More people are growing native plants. According to the National Gardening Association, the number of people buying them has nearly doubled since 2019. And while it can ...

Fruits and vegetables are among the neediest of flora because they require lots of nutrients and water to produce the delicious, healthful foods we love to eat. Given that many gardeners are working ...

A cluster of home gardeners walked into a wild meadow on Mount Ashland in early July, following in the footsteps of native plant expert Suzie Savoie. Their goal: Low-maintenance landscape inspiration.

Through my years of working with ecological gardening, I’ve seen the once niche topic of native plants explode in popularity. From having to seek out like-minded groups to now finding a milkweed ...

Welcome, incredibly, to November, the start of holiday feasting, eggnog abominations and prime planting season in Southern California, especially for sweet peas, greens and native wildflowers. This is ...