Creating a Creekside Haven
When she gets out of the shower in the morning, Sue LaTourrette might find herself standing 10 feet from a great egret. “We live on a creek,” she says, “so...
Category: Gardening
Drawing with a Local Palette
If not for an unassuming wire fence, you might mistake Judith Larner Lowry’s garden for one of nature’s own. The tall wooden gate resists slightly, then yields, permitting the visitor...
Gardening for Wildlife with Native Plants
Not long ago, the Bay Area was home to wild creatures in numbers beyond reckoning. While we can't undo generations of intensive human settlement, there's a surprising amount of potential...
Book Review: The Habitat Garden Book: Wildlife Landscaping for the San Francisco Bay Region
by Nancy BauerCoyote Ridge Press, 200156 pages, $14.95(707) 829-3910 In The Habitat Garden Book, Nancy Bauer deftly paints her philosophy: gardening for wildlife by creating habitats. Most books give instructions...
California Native Plant Society Plant Sales
Calling all lovers of native trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs, and seeds! With the advent of the rainy season, fall is an excellent time to plant natives: Moist soil gives roots...
The Gardener and the Quail
Years ago, there was a quail refuge on the outskirts of the town of Bolinas. Seeking to restore her yard to the coastal prairie it used to be, Bolinas writer...
