February is upon us and we turn from a love letter to one place, to a labor of love in conserving some of the fruits of human’s labors in...

This week we complete our 4-part conservation series kicking off 2023, by taking a broader look at the Klamath River’s namesake region...

Seen in overview, the 30 x 30 conservation efforts at federal and state levels are tremendous, but as the last two weeks’ conversations...

This week we continue our multi-part series on the many facets of the global 30 x 30 conservation efforts as they continue across the...

Welcome 2023! This week Cultivating Place kicks off a multi-part series devoted to the international, national, and statewide and local...

As we look out over a new garden year, this weekbidding farewell to 2022 - a conversation to help us meet our garden learning goals for...

This episode is dedicated to the remarkable and beloved P-22, the mountain lion who made LA his home, captured our imaginations, and...

In the garden, we are "kneeling between the scale of seeds and the scale of stars...." - Maria Popova This week, a pre-Solstice offering...

This week – we visit and learn from gardeners-past as we look to the future in conversation with Judith Tankard, a landscape historian,...

Kier Holmes is a garden designer and writer regularly contributing to the likes of Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Gardenista,...

Rebecca Schiller is a gardener, a smallholding steward, an activist, and women's rights campaigner - founder and trustee of human rights...

In this week after Veterans Day here in the US, and in this season clarifying that gratitude is one of the greatest gifts of the garden...

In one of our more flamboyant arboreal seasons of the year—when our charismatic woody megaflora of the Northern Hemisphere—the trees—are...

Settling into November now, this week on Cultivating Place we’re conversation with three members of the horticultural team at Filoli, a...

Approaching All Hallow’s Eve/Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead, we are entering into the season of gratitude - running from now...

This week on Cultivating Place, we continue with a fall/winter planning and planting this time with a focus on design, in conversation...

Photos courtesy of Uli Lorimer, The Native Plant Trust, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. As we look to our fall...

Photos courtesy of Stacey Denton, Flora Farm & Design Studio, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This first full...

Photos courtesy of Farmer Rishi and the Sarvodaya Institute, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. This week on...

Photos courtesy of Barton Springs Nursery, all rights reserved - see full gallery at bottom of post. If you ask me, the independent...