About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Showy Penstemon add vibrancy to the Lincoln Heights California Native Plant Corridor. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) So ...

When Travis Gramberg moved into his new Costa Mesa home with his family, he didn’t just see the bare canvas inside to decorate; he saw an opportunity outside as well. In pursuit of a goal to have a ...

Garden tours are a sure sign of spring in Southern California, and this year there are 16 to choose from. These elaborate gardens range from native plant habitats to hardscape “outdoor living” yards ...

Gardening involves a short list of objectives: landscape beauty, drought tolerance, fire resistance (for vulnerable areas), and the enjoyment of gardening. Today’s column focuses on the benefits of ...

We Californians understand the concept of summer dormancy: “Those hills aren’t brown, they’re beautifully golden!” We know that the cycle of seasons plays out a bit more dramatically across our hot, ...

The Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will offer a tour of eight gardens full of California native plants in spring bloom on March 29. The Spring Native Garden ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief overview of the topic and then focuses ...

To the editor: From my experience in designing and planting two gardens with California native plants, I can attest to the positive impact a native plant garden has on the local pollinators as well as ...

As gardeners, we are drawn to the latest, brightest varieties of thirsty, exotic species for our gardens, always chasing the new and unusual. As our world heats up with climate change, water-thirsty ...

California in April is alive with all the colors and scents of spring — a real celebration of the wild and cultivated beauty that this state has to offer. As National Garden Month begins, the ...

Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief overview of the topic and then focuses on home gardening. Before we dig into this ...