I recently led a study abroad to Brazil for UD with my colleague, Anna Wik—what an experience! We took 14 students to the Amazon region and stayed in floating lodges to learn about the flooded ...

North Bay communities are surrounded by plentiful, diverse scenes of nature that not only enrich our lives but teach us about designing gardens, too. The types, forms, foliage and growth habits of ...

When I tell people that I was a landscaper before I landed my first full-time writing job, their reaction is usually a mixture of shock and dismissiveness. I have experienced firsthand the negative ...

Normally at this time of year — and what a year this has been — we reflect back on what we’ve learned on our journey toward better living. So here are my top takeaways from 2020: In January, sick of ...

Oleander caterpillars, which are active on some oleanders during summer, can provide a number of landscaping lessons. The adult moth is striking in appearance. The bluish to purplish moth has white ...

It seems as if I have always known of the Villa d‘Este, the celebrated Renaissance villa and adjoining gardens northeast of Rome, but until this spring I really didn’t know much about it. I was dimly ...

It seems like headlines about the 2022 drought show up daily. Many include information about water restrictions, challenges the state faces and federal water allocations, but very few provide tools to ...

One recent Reddit post posed the question: "Landscape fabric right up to the trunk, remove or leave?" There are two photos of a tree surrounded by leafy ground cover and, unfortunately, fabric. Based ...