Now that the annual plant sale of the California Native Plant Society – San Gabriel Mts. Chapter is over I am turning my attention to updating this website. The Gardening […]
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Wild Suburbia – native plant gardening
After many years, lots of writing and rewriting, and tons of rejections, it is finally out! In August, Heyday Books released my book, Wild Suburbia – Learning to Garden with […]
Tomatoes and gripes
I am 60 years old. I don’t usually start blog posts this way but as you will see, it is relevant. Let me back up a little. I decided that […]
Warning: For plant geeks only
Way back in 1993 a large, imposing and impressive book was published by UC Press. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, edited by James Hickman, was a revision of Jepson’s […]
How to water established trees
I have been doing some online research on watering established trees. It is amazing how much contradictory information is out there! Some say water once or twice a week for […]
Bear with me
Change is in the air! Although I am still in India, Wild Suburbia is not being ignored. The Weeding Wild Suburbia website is undergoing massive changes, and I must ask […]
Pulling it together
As you can see I am working hard to pull together the many articles I have written on gardening with California native plants. Realizing that it is sometimes difficult even […]
Updated Parks and Gardens
Just a quick note to say that the Parks and Gardens Featuring California Native Plants has been updated. The pdf in Weeding Wild Suburbia has also been updated. If I missed […]
Native Gardens Sprouting Up All Over LA
The Parks and Gardens Featuring Native Plants list in the last blog post has been updated. I will continue to update that list and rather than reposting new lists I […]
Parks and Gardens Featuring California Native Plants
Where to see native plants While visiting my daughter in New York City last week I wanted to see habitat or native plant gardens. Though I was not able to […]