European Copper Beech
I had never been to Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks but was glad, last Sunday, that I visited. It doesn’t take much to make a garden columnist happy. A glimpse of a plant previously unsee...
Category Archives: Botanical Gardens
Getty Center Rooftop Garden
The new Getty Museum complex, rising atop the San Diego Freeway south of Mulholland Drive, will contain a 60,000-square-foot garden and an expansive rooftop, succulent garden. This is not a coinciden...
Torrey Pines: majestic, yet delicate
The most majestic tree in Los Angeles just might be the Torrey pine (Pinus Torreyana) that grows in the Mildred Mathias Botanical Garden on the campus of UCLA. Yes, I know there are spectacular oaks,...
How to Protect Roses from Deer
Two inquiries received by e-mail, both dealing with unwanted garden intruders, are the focus of this week’s column. !folo!Q: Deer have eaten the flowers and leaves from our rose bushes. What is...
Neighborhood Plants & Tree Transplanting
Lately, I have received several letters requesting names of plants that grow well in specific situations. The best way to select plants is to walk around your neighborhood and choose from among those...
Botanical gardens filled with surprising gifts
I visit botanical gardens because the surprises I find there are agreeable to me. As you grow older, you become increasingly dependent on what is familiar and would rather not be surprised, if you ...
Gardens provide oasis for reflection in trying times
This column is dedicated to the memory of the innocents murdered in Newtown, Conn. Last Sunday was drizzling and cold. It had been many years since I had visited the South Coast Botanic Garden on t...
Botanical gardens filled with surprising gifts
I visit botanical gardens because the surprises I find there are agreeable to me. As you grow older, you become increasingly dependent on what is familiar and would rather not be surprised, if you ca...
A garden of beauty and daring experiments
From an upper-story bedroom window, Michael Kappel looks down on his sumptuous garden in Westwood. It is a soothing sight for someone who lives in constant and excruciating pain, the result of a spin...
Finding new plants at Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks
I had never been to Gardens of the World in Thousand Oaks but was glad, last Sunday, that I visited. It doesn’t take much to make a garden columnist happy. A glimpse of a plant previously unsee...
