Tag: gardens and gardening
The Mountain Gardener | Finding the Fragrant Magic of the Santa...
Summer has arrived, finally. Seems like it took long enough to get here, but I’m enjoying the warmer weather. The sun is shining, the...
The Mountain Gardener | Adding a Dry Creek Bed to Landscape
With so many people replacing their thirsty lawns with low water-use plants, I’m getting lots of requests for ideas about what to do with...
The Mountain Gardener | Vines — More Than Just a Pretty...
Vines are beautiful to look at when in bloom or fall color. Fragrant vines can scent the air when you’re sitting outside on the...
The Mountain Gardener | Anxiously Awaiting Summer
The calendar says summer starts next Wednesday, June 21, at 7:57am. To say it’s been a strange year weather-wise would be an understatement. I,...
The Mountain Gardener Celebrates 900 Columns
Well, it’s come to this—my 900th column. Starting way back in October of 2005, my first column appeared in the newly combined San Lorenzo...
The Mountain Gardener | Gardening in the Real World
With our gardens coming to life at this time of year we are hopeful that each plant will achieve its full during this growing...
The Mountain Gardener | Attracting More Birds, Bees & Butterflies with...
It's always a breathtaking experience taking a walk at this time of year. You might see the cobalt blue flowers of ceanothus or a...
The Mountain Gardener | The Wonderful World of Wisteria
Wisteria are one of those vines that you either long for or lament ever having planted. They are all fragrant with a delicious sweet...
The Mountain Gardener | Filoli Gardens in May
What fun it must have been for the children raised in the 1900s at Filoli Estate. You can just imagine what a kid could...
The Mountain Gardener | Growing Vegetables in Containers, Small Spaces or...
I have been gardening for a very long time. But even now I feel I know just a little bit about a whole lot...
Free workshop offers tools for families to navigate college admissions process
Are you a parent who is about to tread into the world of college admissions? If so, Lizette Paredes, founder and educational consultant with...
