West Coast Garden Girls – Details, episodes & analysis

Beautiful, environmentally-friendly, and fun to craft, dry creek beds are a great solution for putting water back where it belongs, but maybe aren't the best solution for lots of soil-surface water run-off. Listen to find out why (and also to find out why mom has a local reputation).

Gardens “types” can be categorized by region, culture, aesthetic, color, climate, rituals, the list goes on and on! We attempt to talk about as many garden styles as possible in a 30 minute time window.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse

The Scentual Garden by Ken Druse

Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Pierce

Planting the Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf

American Meadows

It's been a minute! We can explain. But most importantly, we're back with some good news, some new news, and some not-so-great news.

A curated collection of tried and true physical and digital resources for gardeners of all levels! Some of us like to curl up with a book, others will dive into the internet on a rainy day, some are visual learners, while others are auditory learners. We hope there's something for everyone in this episode, regardless of where our listeners are in the world. All mentioned resources can be found linked in our show notes, below.

Books:

The New Sunset Western Garden Book

California Native Plants for the Garden

Golden Gate Gardening

Edible Landscaping

YouTube Channels:

Joe Gardener TV on YouTube

MI Gardener on YouTube

Podcasts:

The Joe Gardener Show with Joe Lamp'l

A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach

Epic Gardening with Kevin Espiritu

Websites:

Master Gardener Websites: California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona

Garden Professors

Facebook Marketplace

Nextdoor.com

Nurseries:

Alden Lane

Annies Annuals

Orchard Nursery

Green Acres

Learn from decades of our gardening mistakes! We'll always be proud to mess up in the garden because that's how one improves themself, but if you're the type of person that likes to save time, money, and perhaps a little bit of agony, you will want to give this a listen!

In this episode, we also mention:

Margaret Roach, author and host of A Way to Garden
Susan Morrison, author of The Less is More Garden

Why the West Coast needs its own gardening podcast, our gardening zones, climates, and styles, what we're growing, and generally "setting the stage" for our new show.