Santa Cruz County is home to a vibrant network of u-pick farms where visitors can harvest their own strawberries, tomatoes, ...

This state park in Sonoma County offers plenty of hiking trails, but it's the vibrant fields of wildflowers that are the real ...

The Santa Rosa plum, for example, is surrounded with mint, lavender, yarrow and sun choke — native plants that provide different benefits, he said. “The mint attracts pollinators, and it ...

“Living 15 to 20 years with good care, dwarf plum trees are perfect for small backyards, side yards, or patios,” says Canney. “The dwarf Santa Rosa is self-fertile, sweet but tart, and juicy.

More than 300 plum varieties are sold in the U.S. alone, with Santa Rosa, Methley, Stanley and Burbank being among the most popular.

The Tree Giveaway Day event will begin at 8 a.m. on Feb. 7 at the Lafayette County Multipurpose Arena on F. D. “Buddy” East Parkway. The fruit trees include Santa Rosa Plum, Honey Crisp Apple ...

When I first arrived here in 1985, Burbank’s original Santa Rosa plum tree, introduced in 1906, clung to life at the Luther Burbank Home and Garden historical site in downtown Santa Rosa, along ...

Curious shoppers can stop by the River District Farm Store, which is right next to the garden, on Saturday mornings from 10 am to 1 pm to buy the melons, or potatoes, onions, herbs and flowers, too.

5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruit trees. Start strategizing fruit tree planting now as the beginning of fall — a favorable time to plant trees in general — is just around the corner.