Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

After talking with fellow Master Gardeners and doing some research, we started to consider California native plants for our front landscape. When I saw the information below on the CNPS website ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

The team, led by David Thorne Landscape Architecture ... called for other California native plants, such as CA lilacs. The team also included a plethora of Mediterranean-climate species, such ...

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden proudly announces the appointment of four esteemed community leaders – Valerie Hoffman, Gelaré ...

Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...

"It's a simple, low-cost method that could be a first step for restoring these systems." New study reveals remarkable impact of simple gardening tool on the California landscape: 'It's a promising ...

Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip out water-guzzling lawns. They have also been urged to forgo nonnative, ...

education program coordinator for the California Native Plant Society. “It allows them to see themselves playing a role in the protection of nature.” Establishing a native garden in your ...

Teri Silver / lawnlove.com San Diego is known for beautiful scenery, a stunning coastline, and professional sports teams, but "America's Finest City" has its share of attractive native plants, too.