When Esther Hayden moved into her Seven Oaks home in 1990, the hillside in her backyard — similar to many found throughout Rancho Bernardo — had mostly ground cover and was spotted with a few trees.

Central in Swarthout’s garden is a large Chinese snowball viburnum, which she planted well before the terracing began. She’s now limbed up this large shrub to make it more tree-like, and it harnesses ...

Farmers in the Papua New Guinea Highlands and Orin Martin, garden manager at UC Santa Cruz's Chadwick Garden, have at least three things in common: They tend vegetable beds on steep hillsides; they ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When landscape architect Rhett Beavers uncovered the remnants of a ...

The great Boboli Garden stretches its laureland ilex-clad slopes from the Pitti Palace, with the famous amphitheatre set into the hillside, to the secret garden at the top of the hill, where, when the ...

Knowing the Central Coast underground as he does, Rich Casale recommends that homeowners planning to terrace their properties proceed with extreme caution. His advice is pertinent throughout the hilly ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. A ...

The Monfort Heights/White Oak Community Association presents five local gardens in its 16th annual Summer Garden Tour. The tour will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 21. This year’s tour is ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. OAKLAND — The Hillside Gardeners of Montclair have been furthering knowledge and a love of gardening for ...

Situated in Zurich, Switzerland, this serene garden and biopool by Fletcher Studio is suspended on the edge of a steep hillside. By placing the garden on the hillside, the architects opened up views ...