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Dr. Norman Klein blends in – comfortably in this image but not always so – with his cactus garden at his home in Rancho Cordova. "Once you start, it's truly an addiction – you can't get enough," he said. "I got hooked – litera...

Flower artist-author, Debra PrinzingDebra Prinzing has a message for Mother's Day: Go slow. The mother of the "Slow Flower" movement, Prinzing is making a personal crusade to encourage people to think about floral purchases the same way they...

Hollywood Park, one of California's oldest and most famous racetracks, will close permanently Dec. 22. Thursday, track owner Hollywood Park Land Co., informed the California Horse Racing Board in Sacramento that it won't seek 2014 racing dates and ...

One of 675 rosebushes is all abloom at the Capitol Park garden.The past decade has flown by at the World Peace Rose Garden at Capitol Park. "It's totally amazing," said co-founder Sylvia Villalobos. "It seems like we did the dedication not th...

Todd Pletcher: The trainer says he's in a great position, but five entrants in Saturday's Kentucky Derby don't guarantee victory.Entry into Saturday's Run for the Roses was supposed to come down to points, not purse money. But it still adds up to...

The backyard at the home of Carrie Sage and Paul Miller in Sacramento's Curtis Park neighborhood includes plenty of comfortable shaded seating. The small pool in the background is a hybrid therapy unit equipped with a current mechanism for lap sw...

Shelly and Steve Lange of El Dorado Hills and their dog Harvey pose by their soaking pool. Their yard is on the Assistance League garden tour May 4 and 5.At their El Dorado Hills home, Steve and Shelly Lange created a backyard paradise under the ...

Shelly and Steve Lange of El Dorado Hills and their dog Harvey pose by their soaking pool. Their yard is on the Assistance League garden tour May 4 and 5.At their El Dorado Hills home, Steve and Shelly Lange created a backyard paradise under the ...

Today's Greener Gardens Festival includes a self-guided tour of water-wise front-yard gardens.How "green" is your garden? Lots of water and chemical fertilizer can make any garden look lush, but that route may not be the kindest approach to o...

Ed Carman's rosemary offers some of the darkest blue flowers in the rosemary family. It's drought-tolerant and evergreen, making it an ideal addition to the Durable Delights collection.Necessity brought change to the landscaping of UC Davis. It a...