LEFT TO RIGHT: JANET SLUIS, KRISTEN WICKERT, JENNIFER JEWELL, ANNIE HAYES, YOLANDA BURRELL, CLARE COOPER MARCUS, LESLIE BENNETT Yesterday, March 1st - Women'...

Ahhh it is February – the first full moon, the first new moon, and the Lunar New Year are behind us. The novelty of 2020 has settled into more of a familiari...

The road ahead is not at all clear as we enter this New Year & New Year. Or, as much as it ever can be, is it in fact pretty darn clear? If we were present e...

Many mornings I start my day with a mind-clearing walk with my partner, up the road from his home of 40 years. We walk for 15 – 30 minutes before getting to ...

I’m so excited to send this update! My first book, The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants will be published by Timber ...

This last month of Cultivating Place conversations all shared a strong theme of relatedness. Dr. Lauren E. Oakes examined the relationship between Alaskan Ye...

Rosa 'April Love' looking lovely in August. August starts us out in the height of Summer, doesn't it? But by its august finale, there's the distinct sensatio...

Ageratina occidentalis - Western snakeroot. In my conversation with Courtney Allen, Director of Public Programs for the Native Plant Trust (previously the New...

A Gardener Was Here: the Mediterranean and edible/medicinal garden at Melk Abbey Gardens - Wachau Valley, Austria. July of most years the paternal side of my...

Class of 2019 - A garden-gathered arrangement for my daughter's graduation dinner celebration, including: Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri, which do beautifu...

Native California Bulbs of Spring, Butte County, CA I love a seasonally aligned calendar date. You may have noticed– kicking off our Habitat series with the ...

Spring wildflower mosaic, Colusa County, CA Spring is here - with her rain, hail, frosts, sun and.......flowers! In the garden and on the trail. The native b...

The Shooting Stars are out - Spring is almost here! Oh my shooting stars...✨✨✨ One week till spring - till the light is once again on our side. Though the da...

Late Winter - Oak Woodland. Canyon Creek, Butte County, CA Happy March my friends – in like a lion and out like a lamb – that’s what they say right? Oh my go...

Pacific Chorus Frog - Butte County, CA Winter's inner-seasons are marked in many ways. Each marker holds its own small, perfect replica of the struggle and t...

May the joy, beauty, love, and peace of the garden be yours this Solstice and in the year to come Happy Winter Solstice 2018 warmly — Jennifer & the Cultiva...

FIRE SKIES - #CAMPFIRE, Butte County, CA 2018. Right now the concept of lost gardens is very, very poignant – raw even – for me and my region. As a result of...

Pomegranate Season meets Gifts from the Garden Season. Fresh pom jelly from friend Julie Nelson. I was born in early November, very close to voting day here ...

"Money, pardon the expression, is like manure. It's not worth a thing unless it's spread around, encouraging young things to grow." -Dolly Levi In its very y...

The compelling charismatic tug of the Quercus is universal I think. Who can resist picking up an acorn and just holding its form and weight? and then who doe...