The Sage Gardener

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

10 Flower Arranging Tips

A florist at heart? These 10 tips will help your flower arrangements last longer and have a professionally polished touch.

What Every Gardener Should Know About Mulching

4 Trends in high-tech horticulture

The internet of plants won’t just disrupt the food chain: it will disrupt where and how our food is grown

39 fantastic independent nurseries that SoCal plant lovers will adore

Finding your favorite nursery can be thrilling. Here are our picks for the best independently-owned plant nurseries near Los Angeles.

Prioritizing horticulture in the SDGs: Why it matters

Agriculturalists may be responsible for feeding the world, but do horticulturalists have a larger role to play in the success of the Sustainable Development Goals? Devex speaks with horticulture experts on why their industry matters to more than just food-related outcomes in the SDGs.

Learn to read a nursery plant tag

FALLBROOK - Shopping for new plants for a home can be an exciting undertaking. Nurseries and garden centers are often home to dozens of types of plant species that come in various colors, leaf variations and sizes. Such variety can make choosing plants more fun while also making the process of buying plants a bit complicated, especially for novices...

Horticulture career survey: what you said

Greenhouse-grown plants represent an increasingly important segment of the horticulture industry. Greenhouse operations produce a variety of annuals and perennials in a controlled environment. These plants are then sold at independent garden centers and mass merchants before becoming fixtures in consumers’ homes and commercial landscapes. Studies have shown that plants can reduce stress, clean air, decrease utility bills and improve the overall value of a community.Greenhouse…

Is horticulture a withering field?

Coming from image-conscious professionals who prefer to gush about the beauty of flowers and the joys of growing vegetables, the words were downright shocking: "Horticulture is under siege."

SFPUC Growing Plants in Hospital-Like Nursery to Protect Water Quality

The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is trying something different at its new native plant nursery in Sunol. To avoid infecting plants, the botanists here take precautions more akin to a laboratory than a commercial nursery.

Flower power: the hospice using horticulture to care for its patients

Nature can benefit mental health, but hands-on gardening has rarely been used as part of end-of-life care – until now

Clean Out the Fridge, Pump up the Garden!

Spring is here! The season for clearing out the old and bringing in the new! As you do your spring cleaning, consider getting rid of your composter. I’ll pause here for a collective gasp from the readers. Well maybe you don’t have to be too hasty and actually throw out your composter, but how about trying composting in a new way?

Nursery owners worry about asphalt plant, developer says it's not happening

Despite a developer’s reassurances to the contrary, the owners of a longtime Box Elder County nursery worry an asphalt plant might be built next to their property.