Stories by Year

2013

   A citrus tree for me, In Marin?
   Aesthetic pruning of trees and shrubs
   Berries can be a delicious addition to your backyard
   Dreaming of spring in cold of winter
   Fine tuning landscape’s ecology to keep out pests
   Go ergonomic with your tools
   Growing olives at home
   Helping Homeowners Save Water in Their Gardens
   How to propagate plants
   Keeping blight off of fruit trees
   Learn About Plants and More at the Tomato Market
   Pitting Bug Against Bug in the Landscape
   Prune roses now for that big bloom in spring
   The Full Scoop About Fertilizers
   Three good reasons to plot out space for edibles
   What to Do When Unwanted Deer Appear

2012

   All Kinds of Tomatoes
   All Stars for your Garden
   Alternatives to Lawns
   April Showers Bring Flowers and Pollinators
   Bare root fruit trees a delicious idea
   Breaking down the mystery of composting
   Community gem in San Rafael's Falkirk
   Conserve Water, Our Liquid Gold
   Create vibrant color palette in autumn landscape
   Escaped Exotics, Invasive Plants
   Explore Worth's Paradise with Open Days Program
   Garden Myth Busting
   Gardening for the Birds
   Go from garden to table at Marin County Fair
   Great reads for children
   Green Roofs and Living Walls
   Helping restore habitat in the Presidio
   Houseplants Part 1
   Houseplants Part 2
   How to combat powdery mildew on plants
   Indian Valley Organic Farm a good place for soil, produce and farmers
   Leafy prehistoric ferns ideally suited for Marin's climate
   Marin Ventures plants seed for well-being
   Mysterious botanical deviations that occur naturally can spark wonder
   Nothing quite like a freshly picked bouquet
   Planting Spring Vegetables
   Pollinators
   Potted plants can keep gophers at bay
   Primer on Pruning
   QuarryHill Botanical Garden
   Rerouting the rain to reduce runoff can enhance landscape
   Roses in January
   San Francisco Flower and Garden Show
   Seasonal benefits of cover crops
   Sheeting mulching can be forgiving way to improve soil
   Solving Soil Problems
   Sow inspiration with books for the holidays
   The full scoop about soil amendments
   The Top 10 Ways to Kill Plants You Love
   Timing is everything when harvesting vegetables
   Timing, technique play key role in dividing perennials
   Try drought-tolerant sorrel in your edible landscape
   Try Unusual Vegetables
   Underground invaders to your garden
   Using less water in the garden
   Water is liquid gold
   What does 'hardiness' mean, anyway?
   What's next after Marin County Fair?
   What’s wrong with my plant?
   Wildflowers can be a low-cost addition to the garden
   Winter herbs delight the senses

2011

   A bee or not a bee, that is the question
   Aging gardeners can continue their passion with a few tweaks
   An Aussie plant perfect for Marin gardens, too
   April's the month to plant for a summer full of tasty tomatoes
   Aussie love affair keeps blooming
   Autumn is the season for gourds
   Be kind to to your plants' roots so they can thrive
   Bright spots of color help lift the drabness of the winter garden
   Community gardens create food, flowers and friends
   Confessions of a first-time composter
   Corn dogs, midways, ferris wheels and sustainability
   Digital photography let's you see your garden in a new way
   Farmers markets are more than just a place to get your groceries
   Feed your garden well
   Gardening in the shade offers challenges and beauty
   Growing shrubs and small trees in containers
   Hillside gardening offers challenges, opportunities
   Holistic approach to landscaping
   Horticultural oils battle bugs nontoxically
   How to correctly manage garden pests
   How to create a truly low-maintenance garden
   Increasing biodiversity in our gardens will help offset harmful human impacts
   Japanese maples require little but offer color and more
   Kiwi, gooseberries and passion fruit offer shade and tasty rewards
   Learn to grow your own, organically
   Learning how to save seeds may help species facing extinction
   Leavesare more than fall color
   Low-water succulents offer textures, shapes, colors and sizes to enhance any garden
   Making Master Gardeners work for you
   Many consider purslane a weed, but it's a powerhouse of nutrition
   Marin's Mediterranean climate ideal for growing olives
   Microgreens deliver intense flavors, are easy to g row
   Native plants that flower and produce berries work well in gardens
   Not your grandmother's hydrangeas
   Path and walkways beautify and enhance our enjoyment of our garden
   San Francisco Flower & Garden Show grows to include edibles and cooking demonstrations
   Share your gardening knowledge
   Specimen trees bring beauty and interest to garden
   Spring Puttering - Now is a perfect time to start planning a kitchen garden
   Summer's best recipe -- fruits and veggies in containers
   Teaching kids about health, nutrition, eco-consciousness
   The dangerous beauty of poisonous plants
   The textures and colors of a coral reef can inspire gardeners
   These plants are true companions
   Using edibles as part of your garden design
   What's bugging your roses?
   When pesky birds need to take wing

2010

   'Carnival' of exotic colors and fragrances at orchid exposition
   Advantages of mixing native and nonnative plantings
   Alternatives to water-thirsty lawns
   Annual heirloom, hybrid sale features varieties perfect for Marin
   Aromatic entryway gardens look, smell great
   Bats have many positive benefits, unless they're living under your roof
   Benefiting from how Native Americans cared for the land
   Cultivating your own food doesn't have to cost a bundle
   Designing serenity
   Dirty talk with the Dirt Diva
   Discover the magic of Marin Art & Garden Center
   Every garden could use some homey charm
   Fall in your Garden
   Flower preserving is a time-honored art
   For busy green thumbs, raised beds require less maintenance, extend growing season
   Form and function of trees
   Fruit trees, other plants need dormancy brought on by the cold
   Give kids a place to grow their own
   Herbs for what ail you
   Herbs with History
   Indigo and the ancient craft of dyeing
   Making your own wreath is easy and rewarding
   Marin's climate is perfect for growing grapes, and arbors give them support
   Master Gardener: Fruit trees, other plants need dormancy brought on by the cold
   Master Gardener: Marin's climate, views and hills share much Italy's Tuscany
   New books offer a wealth of gardening information
   Open Garden Project expanding
   Out, out damn'd weeds
   Pampas grass can be beastly but beautiful
   Permeable surfaces let rainwater soak naturally into the earth
   Plant natives and you can cut water and time in landscaping
   Planting inspiration
   Playtime with succulents
   Promoting habitat gardening for bees
   Redwoods can be challenging obstacle
   Roses get a bad rap as fussy divas needing extra care
   San Francisco's dahlia garden is in full bloom
   Slow it down, spread it out, soak it in: Collecting rainwater keeps it from going down the drain
   Smart planting, exchanging seeds, composting will help ecosystem
   Sold on Salvia
   Sprouting kids fascination with beans
   Starting your own garden takes a can-do attitude
   Sustainable and delicious garden at Marin County Fair
   Take a walk, conserve water
   Time to be Picky
   Truly fresh picked
   Using water effectively in yards
   What's in a name? Everything
   When planting in urban landscape, think small
   Who says your garden needs to be green?
   Year-round gardening means you may have to pull some producing plants
   You have problems? They have answers

2009

   A garden for tough times
   A New Year, A New Compost Pile
   A tomato for every garden
   Colorful plants from Australia do well in California
   Compost, mulch and amendments help replenish soil
   Demonstration gardens at fair inform, entertain
   Fabulous floral visions at S.F. Flower and Garden show
   Farm Day give kids up-close way to learn about agriculture
   Flowering trees, plants add color in bleak winter gardens
   Foxglove offers a spectacular display
   Garden show focuses on climate change, drought and sustainability
   Garden soil needs a healthy balance
   Gardening in indoor small spaces takes thought
   Gardening offers many health benefits
   Good gardens start from the ground up
   Green Gulch Farm horticulturalist shares principles for growing food organically
   Green revolution may help stem global warming
   Growing a community garden in Tiburon
   Growing a salad garden in a pot
   Growing UP - Vertical gardens create buildings that are vibrantly verdant, dynamic
   Habitat gardening can offer lots for wildlife, great views
   How to create a sustainable garden
   It's that bulb-planting time of year again
   Lessons from a foray into backyard beekeeping
   Lush lawns that use less water
   Marin Master Gardener: Gifts for Growers
   Marin's weather often to blame for paltry tomato crop
   Master Gardeners: Conifers' gifts continue after the holidays, too
   Native shrubs create a visual anchor in landscapes - fast
   Olive trees fit perfectly in Marin's Mediterranean-like climate
   Olompali Historic State Park celebrates heritage, rehabilitates gardens
   Passing along wisdom, myths of growing food
   Planting bulbs an easy way to create colorful garden
   Planting natives creates 'sweet bee-garden'
   Ponds, When it comes to building a backyard water feature, start with a good plan
   Proper pruning of wisteria produces a plethora of blossoms
   Rats can do a lot of damage around home, garden
   San Rafael's Falkirk center gets a makeover
   Save money, resources with landscaping advice
   Seeds hold the miracle of life, so save, swap and share them
   Spray now or pay later
   Springtime brings new growth - and pesky pests
   Sweet peas are fragrance of spring
   Take a walk to conserve water
   Testing roses is serious, but what results!
   The case of the curious pest
   The plight of the honeybee
   Think about plotting your garden plot
   Tour plants ideas for eco-friendly landscaping

2008

   ‘Tis the Season – Garden Lovers Gift Ideas!
   A Green Autumn
   A Rose By Any Other Name …
   A Salad Garden
   All About Edible Gardening, with Jennie Eubank
   AMAZING Alstroemerias
   Bare bones about bareroot roses
   Beginning Beekeeping
   Bring on the Bugs! The Doctor is In
   Bringing Back the Victory Gardens
   Carnivores in the Conservatory
   Choose Your Mulch Wisely
   Coaxing My Wisteria to Flower
   Comfort in the Garden
   Compost for every corner of your garden
   Compost Queen Double-09
   Designing your Garden with Drought-Tolerant Plants
   Experiencing Euphorbia
   Fremontodendron californica, Flannelbush Fremontia: a spectacular late=spring and summer bloomer
   Gardening Muses
   Gardening to Scale: Beyond Bonsai
   Gardening with Energy Costs in Mind
   Gardening without Watering
   Getting to Know the Garden Good Guys
   Give Your Wallet a Break!
   Greening Your Garden with Less Water: Let a MG Irrigation Specialist show you how
   Growing Cyclamen in Greece and Marin
   Growing edibles in wintertime
   Heat Stressed Plants
   Heavenly Bamboo Lives up to its Name
   Hidden Bounty of Marin—A Documentary Reminder to Think Globally, Eat Locally
   It's Time for the Tomato Market
   Knock, Knock—Who’s There?
   Living Roof at the California Academy of Sciences
   Midsummer Gardening Tips
   Not So Crass -- Getting to Know the Crassula Family
   Pansy--A Friend in Winter
   Paying Attention to Mushrooms
   Peonies For Our Mild Marin Climate
   Plumbago—A Gardener’s Dream
   Poinsettia –From Weed to Winner
   Pollination Ecology
   Rose Pruning Basics
   Scented Geraniums As Culinary Treats
   Selecting and Caring for Garden Tools
   Seminars at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
   SMALL FALL GARDENS
   Specialty Nurseries of Marin
   The Beautiful Predators
   The Brilliant Colors of Fall
   The Calla
   The Real Dirt about Master Gardeners
   Who Greened Your County

2007

   A Pretty “Weed” for your Garden
   A Visit to the Redwood Creek Native Plant Nursery
   Are gardeners using less pesticide?
   Asparagus
   Citron and Buddha's Hand
   Creating a Beautiful and Healthy Garden with Feng Shui
   Creating a Garden Album
   Darwin, Divas and Worms
   Easy Composting
   Easy Seeding Spring Annuals
   Five things you can do right now to save water in your garden
   Four English Garden Designers
   Fruit trees: impulse buyers beware
   Garden Good Guys – Toads
   Gardener’s checklist for summer
   Gardening in Difficult Places: A Tale of Two Median Islands
   Green Roofs
   Grown in the neighborhood! Marin Farmers Markets are Back!
   Healing gardens nurture and replenish us
   Herbs in the Garden: Ancient History and Modern Use
   Hillside Gardening
   How to Help our Pollinators
   Hydrangeas: Prune for Maximum Flowering
   Janet Lennox Moyer Lights Up Your Garden
   Last Minute Gifts for the Gardener
   Late Summer Color
   Learn About Your Pests at the Sick Plant Clinic
   Live and let live: Overgrown plants can bring unexpected beauty
   Make Time for Garlic
   New Zealand flax provides vertical structure to your garden design
   Oh Christmas Tree!
   Photo Garden Journal
   Plant Bulbs For Spring Flowers
   Planting in Layers
   Plants with Place
   Providing Drainage – the Spaces in Between
   Rabbit Food for Roses?
   Royal Companions
   Snack Time in the Garden
   Sudden Oak Death Update
   Summer and fall blooming bulbs
   Sustainable Gardening with Don Mahoney
   The Chinese Garden
   The Greening of Gardeners
   The Seeds They are a Changing
   Tips on Keeping Cut Flowers Fresher Longer
   Tomatoes: Coming Soon to a Festival Near You
   Turning a Private Garden into a Public One
   What to look for when buying bareroot roses
   What's wrong with my plant?
   Why I choose Choisya: The evergreen shrub with everything
   Wildly Successful Plants, Northern , by Pam Peirce. A Review

2006

   A Great Garden Depends on a Great Meeting of Bacteria and Fungi
   A pineapple guava will add beauty to your garden and an exotic fruit to your table
   Beyond the Lemon Tree: Landscaping with Edibles
   Book Review: Gardening Among Friends
   Bring California Natives Into Your Cottage Garden
   California Native Plants for the Garden-A Book Review
   Catalogs to Inspire Your Spring Gardening
   Ceanothus: a Blue Gift for your Garden
   Charlotte and Company
   Children in the Garden
   Connections Happen Between Master Gardeners and a Memorial Rose Garden
   Container gardening
   Cultivating Fig Trees
   Daylilies of all shapes and colors are easy-care beauties for your garden
   Designing a Truly Mediterranean Container Garden
   Diverse Daylilies are easy to grow
   Do your own garden design with this practical advice
   Friend or Foe: Bamboo in the domestic garden
   Gardening with Deer
   Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree):An Outstanding Ornamental Tree for the Domestic Garden
   Growing Old in the Garden: Redwoods Residents Show us How
   Hardenbergia
   In Praise of Weeds
   Let’s Hear it for Locally Grown Food!
   Locally Grown
   Lunar planting, astrological signs and biodynamics
   Magnolias in Marin
   Make time for thyme in your 2007 garden
   Man Vs. Bug
   Master Gardeners initiate a wonderful garden at Davidson Middle School
   Nature Study for Kids at Marin Art and Garden Center
   Organic Bouquets are a Girls' Best Friend
   Photography in the garden
   Real Gardeners Like Winter
   Recipe to cook up some fabulous soil!
   Repotting Cymbidiums
   School Gardens
   Slow Growing Plants
   The Amaryllis Guessing Game
   The Garden Inside
   The Garden of Eatin'
   The Hardy Helleborus
   The many uses of lemon verbena in the garden and in the kitchen
   Tisanes, Teas and Infusions
   Tomatoes and a festival to celebrate them
   Top Ten ways to succeed and have fun in your vegetable garden
   United We Shop
   Viva the Spanish Olive!
   Watch Out for That Ladder—Oh, the Agonies of Gardening
   Where the Magic Is
   Winter is a good time for armchair gardening!
   Yellowjackets
   Zauschneria aka Epilobium

2005

   A Chorus of Treefrogs in My Garden
   A Guide to Healthier Gardening
   A new year and a new garden filled with roses
   A Typical Day at the Marin Master Gardeners' Desk
   Bring on the Gardening Gifts!
   Citrus - 20 million years in the making
   Composting 101
   Dracunculus vulgaris, a Voodoo Lily for your Garden
   Enjoying your garden morning and night
   Euphoric over Euphorbias
   Fertilizers
   Fine tune your irrigation system to fit each plant’s needs
   Fresh figs from container grown trees" or "A fig for every garden”
   Garden Rehab: Wean your plants off the sauce (pesticides, that is)
   GARDENING WITH DRIP IRRIGATION
   Gardens Can Help Keep Memories Alive or Transform Your Garden Into a Living Keepsake
   Ground Covers for Shady, Quiet Places
   Growing Mushrooms in your Garden
   Growing the next Generation of Gardeners
   Hydrangea How-tos!
   Hydrangeas
   Hydroponics 101-Where’s the dirt?
   Ivy Geraniums—Pelargonium peltatum
   Japanese Maples in your Garden
   Latin 101 for Plant Lovers
   Leaf-Peeping in Your Own Backyard
   Microclimates Important to Garden
   New Year’s Resolutions for Gardeners
   Non-Native Invasive Plants
   Painted ladies and other attractions at MAGC
   Persimmons: Fruit of the Gods
   Plant Bulbs in Your Perennial Border
   Plants I haven’t killed yet: Confessions of a water-challenged gardener
   Presenting California's Golden Larkspur
   Promoting Growth- A Springtime Rose Feeding Schedule
   Roses Are My Weakness-Winter Rose Care
   Sleeping gardens reveal secrets, plights and realms of possibilities
   Smart Plants
   Succulents—What Could Be Easier?
   Summertime Watering Wisdom
   The garden “earns its keep” as a classroom
   The Garden: Grounds for sharing natural gifts
   The outdoor classroom: beautiful, fun, educational
   Treehouses: not just for kids anymore
   Using Mulch in Your Garden Will Conserve Water
   Water Districts are Overflowing with Gardening Advice
   What Can We Learn From Garden Visits?
   What Eichler Did for Bay Area Gardens
   When it comes to your soil, you’re covered with cover crops
   Why Are My Tomato Plants Failing?

2004

   A New House – A New Garden
   Adapt your garden to the natural setting
   California Natives
   Chinese Medicinal Foods in the Garden, Part II
   Chinese Medicinal Herbs in the Garden, Part 1
   Coming to Terms with Time
   Creating Healthy Gardens Naturally
   Finding Tools For Your Garden
   Foxglove, the Fairy Flower
   Gardening with a Japanese Touch
   Growing Asparagus in Your Garden
   Growing Herbs 101
   Hoyas and other nostalgia plants
   Hummingbirds in the garden
   Integrated Pest Management
   Let's Design a Border
   Living with Wildlife
   Making Something From Nothing: The Evolution of a Family Garden
   More on Integrated Pest Management
   Native Plants for Habitat
   New Year’s Resolutions for Gardeners
   Pruning
   Rose Time
   Selecting Fruit Trees for Marin Gardens
   Some Thoughts on Winter Gardening
   The Good Greens of Winter
   Waterwise Gardening

2003

   Barberry
   Butterflies in the Habitat Garden
   California Wildflowers
   Cape Ivy
   Care of Gift Plants
   Ceanothus
   Coyote Bush
   Crazy for the Daisy
   Creating A Tranquil Space
   Easy Orchids—One Inside, One Outside
   Elements of Japanese Garden Design
   Embracing Winter as a Gardener
   Falkirk Greenhouse Renovation a Community Effort
   Fall Checklist for Gardeners
   February in the Garden
   Flannelbush, named for John C. Fremont
   Forget-Me-Not
   Going with the Flow in the Garden
   Habitat Garden for Humans, Too
   LuAnna’s Award Winning Garden
   Milkweeds and Monarchs
   Mulch
   Pumpkins
   Rose Care
   Sheet Composting
   The Australian Invasion
   The Leaves are Falling!
   The Less Strenuous Garden: Part 2
   Tomatoes
   Tree & Shrub Gardening for Northern California
   Weed Control
   Weed Identification
   Wildflowers - Research Before You Sow
   Winter Garden Art

2002

   Guava
   How to Protect Your Oaks
   Jujubes
   Last Minute Gifts for Gardeners

2001

   Berries For Birds
   Companion Planting
   Container Gardening: a great way to expand your garden
   Cutting Garden II
   Ethnobotany
   Healing Plants
   Healthy Soil
   Hydroponic Gardening
   Independent Nurseries
   Lilies
   Orchids
   Plant Explorers Sailed the Ocean Blue...Discovering New Plants
   Planting Under Oaks
   Prudent Pruning
   Roses
   Songbirds
   Water Gardening

2000

   Ferns
   Firesafe Landscaping
   Ground Covers
   Herbs
   Heucheras
   Hydrangeas
   Lawns
   Mediterranean Gardens
   Microclimates
   Mistletoe
   Plant Names
   Poinsettias
   Propagation
   Ready for Winter?
   Saving Water
   Seed Saving
   Shade Gardening
   Snails, Slugs & Slime
   Spider Mites
   Symbiosis
   Tea Gardens
   Winter Gardens
   Winter Reading

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