California garden

A Palos Verdes, California, front yard and courtyard show how much beauty can be had in a low-water garden.

This reader transformed a lawn into a magical meadow garden in California. See this water-wise and colorful garden, here.

See paths and plantings from the 2017 Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour

The wonderful South Western architecture of this Albany home inspired this fun, drought tolerant garden. Once we removed the sixties style Juniper and Camelia the design for a new California dry garden came together with an assortment of our favorite plants from around the world. The Agave from Mexico, Aloe and Leucadendron from South Africa, and Aeonium from coastal Spain feel right at home here in the San Francisco Bay area.

This spring, you can see some of California's most spectacular native gardens and plants on tours taking place in the Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, East Bay, Sacramento and beyond.

Tour a stunning 1960s midcentury ranch house that was re-imagined by DesignARC, located in the lovely community of Montecito, California.

Enjoy a fuss-free, water-wise garden in the Golden State by growing plants naturally in tune with the climate and wildlife

The watershed approach to landscaping allows us to change "ornamental" landscapes into multi-benefit environmental solutions.

In 2013, Kelly Kilpatrick began work on this drought-tolerant garden in Tiburon, California. It’s a challenging location and the topsoil is thin—rocks and gravel lie just under the surface.