How and Why You Should Landscape Around Your Fencing

If you have installed fencing around your landscaping, or have some decorative fences in your backyard, you may be wondering what the next step is. Should you landscape around them? Should...

How to Solve Storm Runoff While Staying Green

Storm drains in the San Francisco area discharge directly into San Francisco Bay , thereby allowing the water to carry surface debris and chemical pollutants with it. These pollutants destroy local...

Here are our top suggestions for chores to tackle this month in your garden.

There has been some debate over whether San Francisco's oldest living plant, a Leptospermum laevigatum commonly known as an Australian tea tree, should be classified as a tree or a shrub. Here is a discussion of the definitions of trees and shrubs...

How to Get Grass (And Other Plants) to Grow Under Your Evergreen Trees

For those of you with a plethora of evergreen trees in your landscaping, you may be struggling with growing anything underneath them. We are going to be sharing our top ...

For those of you living in California, you may be wondering what lawn care is appropriate over the cooler winter season. Here are some suggestions to ensure that your grass stays happy and healthy until spring rolls around again.

Tree Branching: What is Opposite Branching?

Unless you spend an extensive amount of time around trees, you may not have noticed that they have different types of branching . Let’s take a look at the differences.

Depending on the tree you are...

How to Properly Mulch Around Your Trees

If you have an abundance of trees as part of your landscaping, you most likely have at least considered mulching around them. How do you do it? What are the do’s and don’ts of mulching trees?

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Here are our top tips and tricks for winterizing your potted trees and ensuring that they stay safe and warm this season.