Bees love spring, when the native plants start blooming. (Photos courtesy Sacramento Valley chapter, California Native Plant Society) Popular tour gets creative during coronavirus precautions Gardens Gone Native is going virtual. Instead of canceling...
This Anna’s hummingbird was photographed around Clear Lake by Vicki Miller during the 117th Annual Christmas Bird Count. (Photo courtesy audubon.org) Normally at this time of year birders and other wildlife lovers would be...
The 1920s classic Murer House this weekend will be the site of the Folsom Garden Club’s plant sale and craft festival, a smaller version of the club’s usual late April event. (Photo courtesy murerhouse.org) Local garden clubs continue...
Rambo has his seat for a garden party — or for supervising any outdoor activities. Share your pet photos during Dog Days of Summer. (Photo: Debbie Arrington) Green Acres hosts annual pet-friendly garden party...
This artichoke plant is a star at the Fremont Community Garden on Q Street in midtown. It is one of 17 community gardens operated by the City of Sacramento. (Photo by Debbie Arrington) With...
The Shepard Center hosts arts groups as well as garden clubs, so it’s fun to welcome back “Art to Wear & More,” the show and sale of the Sacramento Center for the Textile Arts,...
Here’s the finished succulent terrarium. (Photo courtesy The Secret Garden) The Secret Garden comes up with creative alternative Just because a nursery can’t hold in-person workshops doesn’t mean they can’t teach gardeners new things....
A Victory Garden poster circa 1943, the height of the WWII garden popularity. The woman of the family is gardening in her stockings! The seam line up the back of her leg is the...
A real fir or cedar is part of many folks’ holiday traditions and decor. Sales of Christmas trees have been brisk this year, report Sacramento-area lots and nurseries. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) It’s barely December...
