Filbert (Corylus spp.), also called hazel or hazelnut, is a fantastic shrub for the back of a border because of its easy-growing nature and tolerance to some shade. One of the few woody plants in and ...

It’s a cool, crisp morning at the Filbert Street Garden, and the livestock is feeling its oats. The geese honk, the chickens squawk and the turkeys strut haughtily, unaware that Thanksgiving is nigh.

Filbert and Greenwich Steps The east slope of Telegraph Hill was once smooth and treeless, extending out almost all the way to the bay. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Gray brothers ...