Author: Francesca Filanc

August 2024

Summer months in the garden can be abundant with fragrances and tart and juicy fruits and vegetables.

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July 2024

My daughter Erica and her husband Jared lived in downtown San Francisco when they were first married. After a few years they decided to look for a home in Marin County that would have more room for raising a family.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/amp/garden-surroundings-beauty-in-nature-can-help-us-accept-change

June 2024

What is Plein Air Painting? | According to Artists Network – “Plein air painting is about leaving the four walls of your studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing in the landscape.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-plein-air-artists-in-the-garden

May 2024

Have you ever noticed the way it makes you feel when you are walking on a garden path? We have all watched a child walk on a path through a garden. The child’s whole countenance is filled with wonder and excitement.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-incorporating-paths-in-your-garden

April 2024

Being that we live in a Mediterranean climate, I seem to always write about wisteria for April because it is drought tolerant once established and gives off so much joy at this time of year not to mention welcomed shade in the summer.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-spring-has-sprung-in-our-gardens

March 2024

Lavender is such a fun plant to grow in Southern California. It is perfect for our climate because lavender is a Mediterranean plant. It is also part of the Mint family..

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-growing-lavender-in-your-garden

February 2024

We are lucky and unique that we live in a Mediterranean climate. There are only five Mediterranean climates in the world.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-living-and-gardening-in-a-mediterranean-climate

January 2024

Gosh, already it is January 2024! How time flies. The new year is a time for fresh starts, new beginnings, new possibilities, a time for a do-over. Many people enjoy making New Year’s resolutions. The new year is also a fresh start in our gardens.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-new-year-fresh-start

December 2023

This autumn I had the outside of my house painted. One day I was working at my desk and happened to look up and noticed the large tree planted right against my house slowly falling down. Luckily, there were no painters on the ladders..

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-planting-a-madrone

November 2023

If we go to a nursery and see a beautiful plant that we want to buy, we might buy it and get immediate gratification, but this doesn’t happen most of the time whether one is selling paintings or sowing seeds to reap rewards in vegetables, fruits or flowers.

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https://www.sdhortnews.org/post/garden-surroundings-enjoy-the-process