by Claudia West
Imagine yourself strolling along a typical metropolitan street. What vegetative characteristics might you experience? Are window boxes and containers bursting with seasonal color? Do low growing sedges tickle your ankles as you walk past a lushly planted tree pit? Are you enticed to run your fingertips through the Panicum seed heads as you enter the town square? Or, are mature tree canopies protecting you from polarizing heat? [click to continue…]
by Lindsay Goldberg
June 12, 2011 marked the first ever annual California Native Garden Tour, a self-guided tour of sustainable private and public gardens in Santa Cruz County. Nine months ago, a dialog began between several non-profit and for-profit groups. The group identified a need and initiated the quest to change the way we view gardening. With a clear goal in mind, the Ecological Landscaping Association, California Native Garden Foundation, Master Gardeners of Monterey, UCSC Arboretum, and the Santa Cruz native nurseries Central Coast Wilds and Native Revival stepped up to the plate to organize this grassroots garden tour. [click to continue…]
