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Aromatic entryway gardens look, smell great

  • Barbara J. Euser

As the climate changes, sustainable garden design is essential

  • Karen Gideon

Brighten up with white

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Create vibrant color palette in autumn landscape

  • Marie Narlock

Creating feng shui in your garden

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Design a defensible space around your home with a variety of fire-safe mulches

  • Jane Scurich

Designing serenity

  • Julie Monson

Designing your Garden with Drought-Tolerant Plants

  • Jeanne Price

Dreaming of spring in cold of winter

  • Juliana Jensen

Embrace low-water choices

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Fire-safe landscaping can be beautiful

  • Jill Fugaro

For busy green thumbs, raised beds require less maintenance, extend growing season

  • Dave Phelps

Four English Garden Designers

  • D.F. Braun

Gardening in Difficult Places: A Tale of Two Median Islands

  • Julie Monson

Gardening in indoor small spaces takes thought

  • Barbara J. Euser

Gardening in the shade offers challenges and beauty

  • Julie Monson

Gardening to Scale: Beyond Bonsai

  • Janice Austin

Get your garden on at the Marin County Fair

  • Doris Gates

Getting the most out of nursery visits

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Give your landscape a makeover

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Good mulching boosts soil and adds beauty to your garden

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Grow deer-resistant flowers and harvest happiness

  • Anne-Marie Walker

Growing UP - Vertical gardens create buildings that are vibrantly verdant, dynamic

  • Marybeth Kampman

Herbs for all seasons

  • Anne-Marie Walker

Hillside Gardening

  • Jane Scurich

Hillside gardening offers challenges, opportunities

  • Dave Phelps

Hillside gardens offer joys and challenges

  • Marie Narlock

Holistic approach to landscaping

  • Dave Phelps

How not to smother your beloved plants

  • Karen Gideon

How to find the right plant for the right spot

  • Anne-Marie Walker

New Zealand flax provides vertical structure to your garden design

  • Jane Scurich

Path and walkways beautify and enhance our enjoyment of our garden

  • Julie Monson

Plant grapevines now for decades of enjoyment

  • Julie McMillan

Planting in Layers

  • Barbara Euser

Plants with Place

  • Marie Narlock

Ponds, When it comes to building a backyard water feature, start with a good plan

  • Julie Monson

Practical ways to grow a more resilient garden

  • Anne-Marie Walker

Pretty and Edible - It's easy to mix veggies and herbs into your ornamental landscape

  • Nanette Londeree

Re-imagining our Marin gardens in a hotter, drier climate

  • Anne-Marie Walker

Reusing, recycle and repurpose hardscape materials in your garden

  • Karen Gideon

Spring is coming; time for a garden makeover

  • Karen Gideon

Succulents are practically made for California gardens

  • Diane Lynch

Sun-blocked landscapes call for thoughtful approach

  • Karen Hamblett

The Chinese Garden

  • D.F. Braun

The garden of the future looks like the garden of the past

  • Marie Narlock

The textures and colors of a coral reef can inspire gardeners

  • Barbara J. Euser

Think about plotting your garden plot

  • Marybeth Kampman

Transition to native plants

  • Barbara Robertson

Turn garden into sustainable landscape

  • Anne-Marie Walker

Turn your garden into a meditative spot

  • Karen Gideon

Understanding your unique microclimate

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels

Using edibles as part of your garden design

  • Nanette Londeree

Variegation can add variety to your garden

  • James Campbell

Vines add charm, shade, interest

  • Nanette Londeree

Water features for your landscape

  • Karen Gideon

When planting in urban landscape, think small

  • Julie Monson

Who says your garden needs to be green?

  • Marie Narlock

Wildflowers can be a low-cost addition to the garden

  • Karen Hamblett

Wildscape or landscape

  • Alice Cason

With planning, gardens can be colorful every season

  • Dot Zanotti Ingels