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Hot New Gardening Primer on How to Replace Your Lawn

Photo by John Evarts A new gardening book is about to hit bookstores that can help you meet your courageous and laudable goal of replacing that water-guzzling lawn–taking you step by step to help you...

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Tomorrow’s Garden is Worth Visiting Today!

Photo courtesy Rodale Books If I could start over with my small backyard, I would consider planting something like this grove of small trees. What is more beckoning than a seat under a shady canopy on...

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Epic Epiphyllums

My neighbor, Chow, gave me my first epiphyllum about 15 years ago. He has pots of them all over his yard and balconies, and told me they bring good fortune. I’m not into superstitious stuff, but I’m...

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Food Forests, Palette Gardens and Birding Humor

I’m sure it’s a generational issue, but I don’t find myself that interested in watching a lot of videos online. But today, these three came across my expanding field of cyber-vision, and I thought you...

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Earth Day: Celebrating Lawn-Free Gardens

Happy Earth Day! I have no idea why we are celebrating earth today rather than any other day, but it’s definitely deserving. One of the best ways to honor the mother ship is to not waste her...

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Southern California Spring Garden Show: Go Now!

The Southern California Spring Garden Show has been held for the last 23 years in Costa Mesa at our huge, upscale mall called South Coast Plaza. What a non-sequiter: mall + gardens. But somehow it...

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Orchid Wonder at the Southern California Spring Garden Show

If you like to take photos, especially of flowers, these garden shows can be a ball. Not only are there zillions of exotic flowers all packed in one place, but there’s no wind. At least not at the...

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Tomato Garden Regrets and Another Sunset Book Giveaway!

Tomato Talk So I got all excited about tomatoes this spring, especially after attending a TomatoMania worship session at a local nursery. It was late-March, and the sponsors were telling all of us...

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Sunnylands: California’s Newest Garden Jewel!

Sunnylands Center and Gardens When I told my friend, Ellen, who writes the amazing literary travel blog, Gold Boat Journeys, we were heading to Palm Springs for the weekend, she gave me a hot tip:...

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New Sunset Garden Book Giveaway!

Photos from The 20-Minute Gardener book   Sunset Magazine Garden Book Contest!   With all the great outdoor living ideas and images floating around the Internet these days, it’s hard to collect and...

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