In this our 5th (but not quite final – see more below) in our 5-part series on our gardens as critically important habitat in a wounded...

Hummingbirds are a beloved and charismatic creature of the America’s, the more than 350 species of hummingbirds have coevolved with the...

For this week’s third episode in our 5-part series on our gardens as healthy habitats, and we gardeners as important land stewards and...

In 2018, scientists reported dramatic losses in populations of one of North America’s most charismatic insects, the Monarch butterfly,...

The news goes from bad to worse when we’re talking about biodiversity, wildlife, and overall insect declines in our world in the past 25...

Last week my eldest daughter was on spring break Next week my youngest daughter will be - Here in the US, it’s that time of year. With...

In this our final episode in a casual series on ways by which we as natural history loving gardeners gather, learn and grow together -...

In our on-going series on ways by which we as natural history loving gardeners keep ourselves informed, and up to date with all manner of...

This week, we continue our exploration of the different ways in which we as gardeners grow - together in our gardening practices in...

Happy Valentines Day! It is mid-winter, official spring is 5 weeks away, our days are still quite a bit shorter than our nights, and the...

Melina Sempill Watts is a watershed coordinator, plant lover, and author. A life-long lover of plants, in a longterm, committed...

Just three months since California’s November 2018 Fires made global headlines, the great winter greening of the state of California is...

Today we revisit a Best of Dispatches from the Home Garden episode. We do this in part because I love this episode, because it is...

For Sara Bir – food librarian, forager, chef and author – fruit are sweet, delicious, sexy and tactile – but every bit as important –...

Seeing the world through plant-colored glasses: Linnea Hanson is a career field botanist, and founder of Northern California Botanists....

As an exercise in intimacy – this week on Cultivating Place, we open the New Year with a breathtaking and heart-wrenching visit to some...

To prepare for your own personal and perhaps public displays of celebration for the New Year - we thought we’d inject a little bit of...

Flowers for the table are a delight and perhaps never more so than at special occasions. And this time of year, special occasions are...

Today we enjoy another of our Dispatches from the Home Garden. In mid-October, this gardener reached out to me and wrote: I am a...

Wait - did you ask for a good garden book recommendation? The holidays and end of year are upon us – and with them, all those lists....