By Susan Lewitt, for Let’s Talk Plants! January 2025. Big Berry Manzanita. Left photo courtesy of Calscape. Right photo by Keir Morse....

By Frank Mitzel. Crossing over the border from Italy, we travel west along the Mediterranean seacoast and arrive at the Côte d' Azur in...

By Frank Mitzel. This is the last installment of the Gardens of Italy series. The previous four articles in this series are Gardens of...

By Frank Mitzel. This is the fourth installment of the Gardens of Italy series. The previous three articles in this series are Gardens of...

By Frank Mitzel. Of all the larger cities of Italy (Bologna, Florence, Milan, Naples, Rome, and Venice), Florence is my favorite. I had...

By Frank Mitzel. Heading east upon departing the enchanting environs of Bellagio and Lake Como towards the gardens of Veneto, it's always...

By Frank Mitzel. Starting in 1989, I've visited the Lake Como region of northern Italy five times during the eighteen trips to Italy that...