When the Gorman Museum of Native American Art relocated to a space adjacent to the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in 2023, a seed was planted. Why not include Indigenous California plants ...

Use these strategies for landscaping with natives to create a beautiful space that requires less care. Landscaping with native plants is catching on, and it’s easy to see why. Not only is using native ...

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Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Explore a native plant garden that ...

Many East Idaho homeowners face a common landscaping challenge: a thirsty, struggling Kentucky bluegrass lawn surrounded by a ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...

Lexie Glass and her husband, Evan Hursley, tore out their lawns and created gardens that are drought-resistant, attractive to wildlife and beautiful. The couple began the process of replacing their ...

Native California plants can add color to a water-saving landscape, while attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. Image courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Thirteenth in a series republished ...

On a warm morning early in the summer of 2010, Anthony Marinello plunged a shovel into the ground in the front yard of his parents’ West Hempstead home and began to dig. The recent high school ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are many benefits to going native with your landscaping: improving climate resilience, biodiversity and water conservation, and creating a slice of ...

Greg Rubin grins as he recalls his unlikely evolution from aerospace engineer to renowned champion of California native plants. “In the mid-’80s, my parents were helping me with college in exchange ...