Gardens Gone Native event takes a break
Elegant clarkia ( Clarkia unguiculata ) was one of many California natives on view in a Davis garden during the 2019 Gardens Gone Native tour. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) For more than a decade, Gardens...
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Huei’s City Garden now official
Huei Young stands in front of the bench installed at the City Garden in honor of her late husband, Frank. (Photos courtesy Huei Young) After a year filled with challenges, Huei Young has a...
Soil Born hosts fall gardening clinic, sale
Have visions of growing your own lettuce? Order transplants online from Soil Born Farms and pick up Aug. 28. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Sacramento’s growing season doesn’t end in summer. Get ready for cool-season vegetables...
Folsom Garden Club hosts spring plant sale
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...
See blooming beauties from Australia
This grevillea is among the many unusual plants in the UC Davis Arboretum’s Australia collection. (Photo courtesy UC Davis Arboretum) Arboretum tour highlights ‘Delights from Down Under’ Where will the next wave of water-wise...
Explore landscapes at El Dorado demonstration garden
The Japanese garden is one of the showpieces of the Sherwood Demonstration Garden in Placerville. (Photo courtesy El Dorado County master gardeners) Now that it is March, the El Dorado County master gardeners’ beautiful...
Wanted: Gardens gone native
The Jelly Bean monkeyflower is a hybrid California native adapted for the home landscape. (Photo courtesy UC Davis Arboretum) Annual spring tour needs local landscapes that feature native plants Has your garden gone native?...
Huei’s Garden once again welcomes guests
Huei Young in the City Garden near her Davis home. She is again opening her private garden to fundraising tours. (Photos courtesy Huei Young) After a major rebuild and year off due to the...
What’s happening in fall? Our garden calendar has the details
Food grown in your yard, like these peppers, can be ornamental, too. Check out the Edible Gardens Tour in East Sacramento on Sept. 8. Sacramento-area sales, shows and tours are just ahead Have you...
How a city backyard became an urban farm
Joe Robustelli’s garden, near 13th and W, produces a bounty of fruit and vegetables. (Photos courtesy GardentheGrid.com) One Grid gardener did it; see how on Midtown Garden Tour How much food can be produced...