SacBee -- Debbie Arrington

Growing fruits and vegetables can be an attractive exercise. Geoffrey Wood will discuss food and landscape ideas at 2 p.m. Sunday.One gardening trend has yet to wither: People want to grow what they eat. That's likely to be evident this weeke...

"Francis Meilland,"is the 2013 All America Rose Selection.No matter how chilly it is outdoors, gardeners keep warm with thoughts of spring – and new plants to grow. Winter brings a constant flow of catalogs, stuffed with the latest intro...

Baldo Villegas, here setting up a rose exhibit in 2005, will show his pruning techniques today at Maidu Community Center.Baldo Villegas doesn't have time to fuss. If he fretted over every cut, he'd never finish pruning his roses. With about 1...

Green Acres transformed a former Circuit City in Folsom into 30,000 square feet of indoor garden-related retail space.When local gardeners look back at 2012, one event will stand out. On Leap Day, Green Acres Nursery & Supply rolled out a game-ch...

Members of the Sacramento Audubon Society are on the lookout during the 2010 bird count. Tens of thousands of observers contribute data to the annual survey of bird populations.Amid the holiday flurry, many Sacramentans will take time out to coun...

Joan Coulat, formerly a buyer for Capital Nursery, examines indoor plants at the nursery in 2011. The company's shutdown shocked employees.To many local gardeners, it felt like the death of a longtime family friend. But the demise of Capital Nur...

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas – just walk into any store. Thanksgiving's early spot on the calendar this week also moves up that major shopping holiday, Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving – and right into the...

An apprentice picks green beans during the summer at Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova. Nearby, an amphitheater has sprouted, with big help from Leadership Sacramento.Sacramento is finding its identity, unearthed in its fertile fields. The ci...

Either way you go – or why not get both for the coming year?It's a friendly rivalry that stretches from year to year. Each fall, master gardeners in Sacramento and Placer counties release new calendars and gardening guides, separately ta...

Rainy weather heading into Halloween can be a pain for outdoor decorators like Kellie Burr, but last year was better for this serene feline, perched amid pumpkins and a fake black cat with seemingly less of a penchant for patience.It takes more t...