Soon, the rainy season will pass and with the hot dry weather comes fire season, so be proactive by making your landscape ...

Lots of flowers will trail or spill from containers in pink, white, red, or yellow. Use these cascading blooms to keep ...

Unlike some other mulches, pine needles mesh together and hold together during hard rains, heavy winds and even on landscapes ...

Companion plants provide a range of services to their partners. Some deter pests through chemical compounds in their foliage, ...

UC Marin Master Gardeners will hold their annual tomato plant sale at 9 a.m. April 12 at the Bon Air shopping center in Greenbrae and the new Pini Ace Hardware at 191 San Marin Drive in Novato.

On an unseasonably mild, misty day in November, a crew of volunteers spends their afternoon at a community garden on St. James Avenue in Walnut Hills, a neighborhood on the ...

If your yard could use more shade and needs it pronto, here are some of the best fast-growing shade trees to plant in the ...

Winter can be hard on your yard and plants, but spring is the perfect time of year to refresh and revitalize your garden.

A plant should have at least two sets of true leaves before it is disturbed. Another way to tell if your seedlings are ready to be transplanted is by looking at the roots. When you pull a seedling out ...

Too much or not enough water and never when your garden needs it. This is a common complaint of gardeners no matter where ...

This is a good time to check your houseplants for pests and some trees and shrubs are ready for pruning. See what else you can do while waiting to get into the garden.

Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...