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Sharing landscape and lifestyle insights to help you nurture beautiful, meaningful landscapes

The end of summer can be a distressing time in the Southern California Native garden. While our...

What is iNaturalist? iNaturalist is a social media network for naturalists! It is an app that...

Embodied Energy in the Realm of Landscape Design by Team Petrichor As we walk, eat, and survive...

Learning to Live with Gophers: Does It Have to Be Us vs. Them? by Team Petrichor Now that Spring...

Searching for Failure by Shawn Maestretti Success is measured by many things, but what I have...

Establishing a Reciprocal Relationship with Your Garden by Shawn Maestretti In 2020 we had the...

Our new not-for-profit organization takes its name from the optimistic protagonist of Eleanor H. Porter’s novels.

Porter's World: The Future of Our Planet A New Year's Message from Shawn Maestretti On November 5,...

Community Evolves with Shared Well-Being by Leigh Adams and Shawn Maestretti Studio...

The Answer Is in the Soil: A Message from Team Petrichor “Soil, not oil, holds the future for...

Living with the Wild: The Case for Biodiversity Gardens by Sarah Fisher A question I’ve often...

Cultivating Mindfulness...In This Climate Image Credit: @reacttosuccess The COVID-19 pandemic has...