Like a plant coming out of dormancy, the Santa Barbara International Orchid Show has returned after a three-year hiatus. This weekend — Friday March 10, Saturday March 11, and Sunday, March 12 — at the Earl Warren Showgrounds, wander through the thrills of the Orchidaceae...

Sometimes it takes a village to find your next satisfying read. That's why we were delighted when Shepherd.com asked us to write a roundup of our favorite plant-related books according to a theme of our choice. In case you missed it, the book lists on Shepherd...

Nasturtiums are whimsically scattered across the sunny half of my new garden. (Details on that — my new place — coming soon. Today we're just making nasturtium pesto.) This plant has a way of doing that — whimsically scattering itself when it isn't unrolling an...

I would love to be a houseplant goddess. But the size of my windows and crisp square footage of my indoor space have other plans. Can't say I haven't tried: bird of paradise, philodendron 'Lickety Split' now reclassified as a Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum, a variegated rubber...