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The October article 'Between the Bays' about exploring the Delmarva Peninsula by Eric Angevine was a good intro to the area. However, you can take your trailer on the ferry [...]

Provides information on several horticultural shows in the U.S. in 2006. Annual Fall Plant Sale sponsored by the Northwest Horticultural Society; Garden tour of Santa Barbara, California in September 2006; San Francisco Flower & Garden Show by the California Horticultural Society.

The article discusses the efforts of nurseryman Jeff Rosendale in creating nurseries which deliver positive impact on gardeners in California. It relates Rosendale's nursery job history, which includes traveling, studying and practicing horticulture. It examines the involvement of Rosendale in the community and presents his views concerning water quality and conservation. Information on Rosendale's Sierra Azul Nursery & Gardens and Rosendale Nursery is provided.

The author shares tips for container gardening in California. Topics include reasons to grow plants in containers like lack of space, the convenience it offers when trying out plant combinations, and the basics of container gardening like using a suitable potting mix, combining plant types, and choosing a unifying theme. She invites readers to the mid-peninsula's Ninth Annual Edible Garden Tour as well as volunteers interested in learning about roses at the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy.

The article focuses on a plant called giant walking stick kale which is native to the Channel Islands and can grow up to 10 feet tall with a strong, woody stem supporting an open, smallish cabbage at the top.

The article offers the author's insights on the impact of the changing weather on the growth and health of plants, along with information on several plants that survive and grow in changing weather seasons. Topics include blue-eyed grass or Sisyrinchium bellum which grow in California and Oregon, the rhizome or root structure of S. californicum, and the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners' Smart Gardening Fair on April 4, 2015.

The article focuses on horticulturist Ed Carman of California. It states that gardening was started by Carman's grandfather Xavier Weltz which then forwarded by his father Hugh Carman, who opened a nursery in Campbell, California. It mentions interests of Carman such as hunting new plants and learning about them and also informs that Carman wrote articles for periodicals such as "American Nurseryman."

The article focuses on the working of the Western Horticultural Society, in Santa Clara River Valley, California. The monthly meetings provide a platform where the plant and garden lovers learn from and share information with each other and promote speakers from all aspects of gardening and a plant discussion through a show and tell format. The society agenda also includes field trips, annual picnic and spring plant sale that reportedly gives the members opportunities to interact informally.