Meg McConahey

Samantha Rose, a successful ghostwriter of best selling books, publishes a memoir about grief, loss and trying to understand her mother’s suicide.

The Sonoma County Master Gardeners will share tips for pushing back an invasion of unwanted plants without using harsh chemicals during a workshop March 8.

The Sonoma County Master Gardeners will share tips for pushing back an invasion of unwanted plants without using harsh chemicals during a workshop March 8.

Upcoming learning opportunities cover everything from February chores and native plants to rose care.

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the genetic line.

Magnolias are beginning to bud and some to bloom in gardens open to the public in Glen Ellen, Sebastopol and Occidental.

Check out workshops on rose care, fruit tree pruning and making your home and garden more water efficient.

An upcoming workshop show how to press and preserve flowers and turn them into cards, bookmarks and other items.

Identifying a dominant leader and cutting away any competing leaders when a tree is young will allow it to grow more robustly and live longer, said a local certified arborist.

A new exhibit on bonsai at Sonoma Botanical Garden features an exquisite indoor forest in miniature, along with a Zen rock garden.