Evidence for the use of topiary in Europe dates back to Ancient Rome, where writing by Pliny the Elder describes shrubs shaped into animals, figures, inscriptions, and obelisks.

The San Jose Garden Club Sale is on April 27 from 12 – 4 p.m. and April 28 from 8 a.m.- 2:30 pm., 1190 Camino Ramon, San Jose.The club, an all-volunteer non-profit, uses the proceeds to support ...

My inspiration from this year’s learning garden crops include red noodle beans (picture a plum-red, one- to two-foot long flexible green bean) and ‘Zephyr’ squash, a cultivar hybridized ...