14 03, 2022

Montgomery Robbins, Inc. Garden

By |2024-10-28T20:14:40-07:00March 14th, 2022|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

J. Montgomery Studio Garden Here at J. Montgomery, we are celebrating the 30 year anniversary of our Studio Garden! To us, it is so much more than just a beautiful landscape. We have played, worked, and sweated in every square inch of our outdoor paradise! (Sorry if that’s Too Much Information.) [...]

17 01, 2022

GRAFTING

By |2024-01-19T04:27:05-08:00January 17th, 2022|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

Grafting It’s a quieter time of year in the garden, and a good time to let ourselves and the landscape rest.  For those of us who are always busy, it’s a good time for projects to prepare for the season ahead.  One of the quirkier and most rewarding winter projects is [...]

6 09, 2021

CLIMATE ZONES 101

By |2024-01-19T04:30:07-08:00September 6th, 2021|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

CLIMATE ZONES 101 If you buy plants in nurseries or research garden ideas online, you have probably noticed that plants sometimes have “zone” numbers listed.  While there may be some folks well-versed in planting by zone, others of us want to know exactly what those darn numbers mean!  Planting zones allow [...]

13 12, 2020

Winter Décor From the Garden

By |2024-01-19T04:35:19-08:00December 13th, 2020|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

Winter Décor From the Garden Every year around this time, we love bringing nature into our homes to make things feel seasonal and bright on the longest nights, whatever holidays we do or don’t celebrate.  While you can of course buy wintery décor at local stores and nurseries, we prefer to [...]

5 10, 2020

Deer-Resistant Plantings

By |2024-01-19T04:35:21-08:00October 5th, 2020|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

Oh, Deer… Deer-Resistant Plantings Beautiful and graceful deer are a gem of Northern California’s wildlife, but when they are feasting on your garden, they can be voracious enough to drive a gardener crazy!  So how do you prevent deer from mowing down anything they can reach?  While not always totally untouched, these are [...]

27 07, 2020

Planting Under Oaks

By |2024-01-19T04:35:22-08:00July 27th, 2020|Categories: Plants! Plants! Plants!|

Planting Under Oaks Of the many icons of the Northern California landscape, the oak is both a beautiful and impressive individual.  Both inland Valley Oaks and the Coast Live Oak can live to hundreds of years, grow into beautiful gravity-defying specimens, and support entire habitats within their surroundings.  If such a [...]

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