A new project in Moss Beach: to be photographed in Spring 2012

A new permeable driveway in Menlo Park

Shopping for pots at the Richard Gervais Collection, San Francisco

Some images of one of our gardens currently under construction

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WASHINGTON -- Industry regulators have known for years that Roundup, the world's best-selling herbicide produced by U.S. company Monsanto, causes birth defects, according to a new report released Tuesday.

The report, "Roundup and birth defects: Is the public being kept in the dark?" found regulators knew as long ago as 1980 that glyphosate, the chemical on which Roundup is based, can cause birth defects in laboratory animals.

click on picture to read complete article reported in the 6/7/11 issue of the Huffington Post

"The Ranch" is a garden that Chris Jacobson has guided in its development since the mid-1970s. It has been featured in many publications, including Sunset, Country Homes and Gardens, and Peg Streeps' hardcover book Spiritual Gardening. Shown here are 2 tree wisterias on the east patio. Such specimens require years of careful tending and staking, consequently they are rarely if ever seen in modern gardens

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Our garden Concrete Columns in Palo Alto was featured on the Spring 2011 Gamble Garden Tour