Virginia Hayes’ Gardening Columns
Virginia Hayes, Lotusland’s Curator of the Living Collection, shares her thoughts on all-things-gardening in her weekly column in the Santa Barbara Independent.
Pest-free, unlikely to succumb to fungal pathogens, and generally unpalatable to deer and rabbits.
Visit a garden and explore the wonderful world of plants.
There are about two dozen other butterfly species that are commonly found in the coastal Santa Barbara area.
The USDA has dedicated the whole month of April to educating the public about the seriousness of invasive species.
It’s not too unusual for closely related plants to have different purposes, the most familiar being the seasoning known as oregano.
Consumers and farmers alike are becoming aware of the risks of depending on ever fewer seed sources the agendas of which may be more profit-based than healthy.
From smallest to largest, there are a multitude of succulent--and thus drought-tolerant—species to choose from in this genus.
New community garden opens behind Trinity Lutheran Church.
Plants encounter pH differences mainly through the soil in which they grow.
S.B. Foodbank is launching a new initiative, called Grow Your Own Way, to further its goals to eliminate hunger in our community.
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Ganna Walska died March 2, 1984, at Lotusland, leaving her garden and her entire estate to the Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation, to insure that her legacy would remain in her gardens.