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Diane Shader Smith
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MOJAVE ROCK RANCH REINVENTS THE DESERT GARDEN
Take a visual stroll through this unusual landscape to see what innovative designers achieve when faced with a huge arid site surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs.
Habitat California: Flora & Fauna Exhibition Assembles Contemporary Works Alongside Historic Paintings from Private Collections
The exhibition presents over 100 works of art in wide-ranging styles and media, including plein air landscape paintings, botanical drawings, and sculpture as well as installation art, video, film, and internet art.
CDFW Seeks Artists to Enter Annual California Duck Stamp Art Contest
The winning artwork will be reproduced on the 2020-2021 California Duck Stamp.
SUCCULENT CARE
Discover six secrets for growing succulents successfully in your own garden
WILDLIFE AT DESCANSO
To create a safe habitat for wildlife, Descanso Gardens does not use pesticides or herbicides in the Gardens. In turn, these creatures increase the health of the Gardens by munching on pests, including insects and rodents.
Linda Adams: Living with wildlife
Rodent Control methods using poisons has been detrimental to pets and natural predators.
US identifies habitat critical for survival of rare songbird
U.S. wildlife managers proposed Thursday to set aside a vast area across seven Western states as habitat critical to the survival of a rare songbird that migrates each year from Central and South America to its breeding grounds in Mexico and the U.S.
A Fine Medley – Afield
A discussion about the importance of seeking integrity in the flower industry by encouraging a shift away from lackluster, carbon heavy imported blooms and sourcing homegrown bouquets instead
Living With Wildlife
Spring is just around the corner and for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release (WR&R) that means hundreds of wild baby animals will soon need our help.
How stressed should Californians be about the lack of rain? Experts weigh in.
Nearly bone-dry weather has dominated the first three weeks of February in California, and the outlook for a soaking storm before the end of the month is not promising.