The team, led by David Thorne Landscape Architecture, were tasked with designing a family garden with plants that could withstand and thrive in the heat and drought of the California climate.

Likewise, in California, forest fires were also suppressed and Indigenous inhabitants removed. In Algeria, in the early 20th century, the French started planting eucalyptus, which are highly ...

California Voice: Landscape was transformed to fit European perceptions ... A Mediterranean climate has been identified in Chile, Australia, South Africa, California and, ...

A Mediterranean Garden. The lemonade berry can also be incorporated into a Mediterranean-style garden, according to the California Native Plant Society, with other plants like the rosemary-leafed ...

A few years ago I had the opportunity to work on a re-design of a landscape whose owners were recent California transplants from the East Coast. More:Drop in mortgage rates motivate refinances.

Not a rock goes unturned in Greg Rubin and Lucy Warren’s new book, “The California Native Landscape: The Homeowner’s Design Guide to Restoring Its Beauty and Balance” ($34.95, Timber Press).

In California, a Mediterranean climate sets up ideal conditions for fire then is worsened by climate change, said University of California, Merced, fire scientist LeRoy Westerling, who has had his ...

Avid readers who garden (or gardeners who read) in California will probably have already encountered Bob Perry’s work. His Landscape Plants for Western Regions has become a must-have for serious ...

The longer the wintertime rain takes to arrive, the longer California and its Mediterranean climate is vulnerable to extreme fire behavior. Fire season in California historically culminated in ...

U2 producer lists $4.2 million California home once owned by ‘Dark Shadows’ star 15th Annual Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 14 and Sunday, April 15 ...