Felix Laughlin: Finding Balance With Bonsai Trees

What does it take to achieve balance in your life? For me, it all started with a juniper tree. Bonsai is art and horticulture together. If you take good care of your bonsai, they will outlive you.

Bonsai: An ancient Asian art has its followers in Napa

Jean Kahn became interested in bonsai when she saw a friend’s collection of carefully nurtured miniature trees and decided to learn the art herself.

Maureen Gilmer: Welcome a new branch of olive

If you go back to the early days of our desert communities, certain trees were always planted. The first olive trees came from local orchards that were no longer commercially viable. The olive trees were dug up and moved to the desert as bare root, just as we move the date palms from Indio orchards into new development landscaping.

Master Gardeners | What to do in your May garden

"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden." A special thanks to all of you who came to our Master Gardener Plant Sale last weekend and helped make it such a huge success.

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