Corpse flowers: Sacramento’s summer just got stinkier
Second rare corpse flower blooms in Curtis Park Is Sacramento smelling more like Sumatra? For the second time this summer, the fragrance of one particularly…
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As drought hits Sacramento, officials make it rain cash for ditching lawns and converting landscapes
Commercial customers can get up to $100,000 for taking their property in a new direction This could be a good time to downsize the lawn….
Protecting Sacramento’s gardens from the relentless heat
This month will be a trial by heat for many Sacramento transplants. That goes for tomato seedlings as well as newcomers. So far, Sacramento has…
In a nod to Sojourner Truth, a work of gardening art blooms in Sacramento
Nature doesn’t color inside the lines. What once looked like carefully crafted blocks yielded a crazy quilt of calico colors. Spring (and a little irrigation)…
Orangevale gets in touch with its food-growing roots
A local community with deep agricultural roots is reconnecting with its gardening instincts. Saturday, April 17, the Orangevale Grange will unveil its new CommUNITY garden…
A living quilt
A Santa Rosa-based artist creates an inspirational flower bed in Sacramento’s Sojourner Truth Park This “quilt” was sown, not sewn. Threaded with double meanings, it’s…
Steady as a Valley oak
Ray Tretheway retires after 30 years as executive director of the Sacramento Tree Foundation For nearly four decades, Ray Tretheway has been as strong and…
All in the family
Green Acres is growing with a new nursery in Citrus Heights and acquiring Eisley Nursery in Auburn Gardening is a booming business—again—as more people discovered…
Old City Cemetery looking a lot less rosy
On Wednesday, the Sacramento Preservation Commission will consider removing the rose garden. Many rose bushes have already disappeared. Sacramento’s beloved Historic Rose Garden may soon…
Summer garden woes
Extreme heat and wildfire smoke kill tomatoes and zucchini Record heat and falling ash—what’s a pandemic gardener to do? Many Sacramentans got seriously into food…