Gardeners are trending toward using more native plants in home landscapes, but three key questions are: 1.) which ones make the best garden choices; 2.) where and how to use native plants in a typical ...

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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 ...

Landscaping is a bit like fashion—trends go in and out of style. Rose gardens dominated the 1930s, while the 1960s brought us the classic suburban look of manicured lawns flanked by juniper bushes. If ...

Sonoma County spans over 1,600 square miles, a mosaic of coastal mists, sun-soaked valleys, and steep, rugged hills. Here, microclimates shift from fog-laden mornings to parched afternoons. Winter ...

Ira Satinover has a dream … that the purple prairie grass, butterfly weed, the rattlesnake master rustling and swaying in his front yard has spread to every garden on his Oak Park block. “I want you ...

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