A Feast for the Pollinators

Let native plants nourish your garden’s ecosystem By Claire Elizabeth Bradley | Illustrations by Charmaine Koehler-Lodge   In the East Bay’s mild climate, a kitchen garden can provide year-round delight, but as gardeners, we can also pay it forward by incorporating native plants that nourish the ecosystem we depend on. It’s common knowledge that adding…

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Take Down the Fire Ladder While You Upgrade Your Garden

Take Down the Fire Ladder While You Upgrade Your Garden By Claire Elizabeth Bradley | Illustration by Charmaine Koehler-Lodge     2024’s wet winter turned the East Bay Hills into a garden of wildflowers, but it didn’t take long for the lush growth to turn to brittle gold. And now, memories of 1991’s deadly firestorm…

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