Tag: gardens and gardening
The Mountain Gardener | The Best Bulbs to Plant this Fall
I read the bulb catalogs the same as you do. They show oh so many bulbs that do well in the shade. As we...
The Mountain Gardener | Fun Garden Decor for Halloween This Season
If I were looking for cool Halloween decorations or inspiration for breathtaking combinations of plants that shout “Fall is here,” I couldn’t have gone...
The Mountain Gardener | Everything You Didn’t Know About Mums
You probably think of mums as boring. They’re everywhere at this time of year. Many consider them a bit of color on the front...
The Mountain Gardener | How to Create a Beautiful Garden
Fall is a good time to design and plant a new garden. I love to read those articles in gardening magazines with titles like...
The Mountain Gardener | This & That From the Internet
My friend Evan is a computer whiz and designed my website and blog. He is often researching on the internet and forwards me interesting...
The Mountain Gardener | All About Dry Creek Beds
Coming from a meeting with a client in Scotts Valley today, I saw a really well designed dry creek bed. I didn’t get a...
The Mountain Gardener | What To Do in the Garden in...
Summer is winding down. It’s still warm during the day but the nights are cool and there’s less and less daylight hours. The soil...
The Mountain Gardener | Garden Inspiration Overload
I’d been waiting for the tour of Griggs Wholesale nursery in Watsonville for a while. This company bought Suncrest Nursery last year and has...
Paddy Smith Park blooms with new garden at Santa Cruz County...
The beautiful Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds are growing even more beautiful thanks to a colorful landscaping project at Paddy Smith Park.
Jeff Rosendale, with Sierra...
The Mountain Gardener | Enjoying the September Garden
September is a month that signals change in the garden. You can feel the weather shifting. Days are not always quite so hot and...
Santa Cruz County Public Health receives grants for traffic safety programs
Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency announced that its Public Health Division has been awarded three competitive state grants totaling $639,631 from the California...
