Tag archive for ‘In a North State Garden’

35 years old - Evergreen & Growing Strong: Pacific Horticulture

Age in a garden is a wonderful thing – worthy of celebrating. Age in a gardening publication in my mind is to be celebrated equally because it is through gardening publications that the ephemera of gardens and gardeners live on…

Juicy Couture in the North State Garden: Succulents - as Good as They Sound

Look up the word “succulent” in the dictionary and as an adjective you will find something like: juicy, thick and fleshy; from the Latin succus, meaning “juice.” The designation “succulent” describes any plant that “stores water against times of drought…

A Season of Plenty and Thanks: November in the Garden & Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

As a person who visits gardens large and small, fabulous and fantastic as part of what I do, I find it really easy - frustratingly easy - to fall into a trap of garden envy and discontent. Maybe my garden…

Branching Out: In a North State Garden Is Growing!

Northstate Public Radio - KFPR 88.9 FM Redding, CA and KCHO 91.7 FM Chico, CA is in the midst of their Fall 2009 Membership Drive and the theme of the drive is: Branching Out! During the drive, regular programming is replaced…

In Good Company - From a Fall Perspective: The Companion Planting Display Beds at the McConnell Arboretum & Gardens at Turtle Bay

This article was first published early this past spring when the garden was just waking up from its winter sleep. The plants are grown in so nicely and look remarkably different in just this one growing season that I felt…

The Beauty of Variegation: Talking to Terry Miller, TJ’s Nursery & Gifts, Chico

Variegation is an interesting thing in a plant. And gardeners’ responses to variegation are almost as interesting. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Some people like striped variegation; others love splotchy variegation; still others like multicolored variegations. My…

After Fire in the North State Garden – McConnell Arboretum and Gardens at Turtle Bay Exploration Park - Redding

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New friend in the house: ‘In a North State Garden’

Doni & Kelly note: We’re excited to announce our new alliance with the one and only Jennifer Jewell of Chico, who inspires and delights us with her regular feature, In a North State Garden. Jennifer’s gardening profiles, careful explanations and…