SF News The Tenderloin Smells Strange Because Flowering Trees Are In Bloom Has the Tenderloin smelled a bit, well, off to you lately? If so, it's not simply that you're inured to the usual smells the neighborhood is known for — although that's possible, too. The
Arts & Entertainment Rare Desert Plant Blooms For First Time In 50 Years In East Bay Botanical Garden A rare giant nolina, a desert plant native to California's eastern Mojave Desert, has just bloomed for the first time since it was planted in Berkeley's Tilden Park, at the Regional Parks Botanic
SF News Video: This Guy Is Out To Destroy These 16th Street Bushes, But Why? They say that torturing animals is how serial killers get their start in the business of homicide. But what about torturing plants, what kind of...release might that offer a person? That's just
SF News City Agency Proclaims That 'Brown Is The New Green' San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission sees your drought-conscious "Ugliest Yard In SF" competition, Department of the Environment. And now they're ready to raise you, with the disquieting slogan "Brown is the new Green.
Arts & Entertainment 'San Francisco Hates Successful People,' Says Danielle Steel About Her Overgrown Hedge It is no secret that I harbor an unnerving fascination for Danielle Steel. Why, the name alone conjures images of romance, tears, and impossibly tall hedges. She is, if anything, a legend. But
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: In The Foliage Gerard Livernois snapped this shot of a Trolly Dancer working it among the foliage.
SF News Tree Wars Brewing Over Removal Of Nonnative Eucalyptus A city plan to remove about 18,000 nonnative plants from San Francisco public parks over the next 20 years has some residents up in arms over "plant fascism." The plan has been
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week's Internet Star: Crazy Rhubarb Lady (Note: It looks like there's a battle to pull the video down, and copies of it that have spread everywhere. We'll do our best to keep up.) Sure to make millions of appearances
SF News (Updated) What Happened to the Main Library's Green Bench? Mayor Newsom and the city's Greening Director Astrid Haryati came up with these nifty plant boxes to segment the long bench that stretches along the main library right off Civic Center Plaza. According
misc Photos: Flora Grubb Gardens Flora Grubb Gardens, a wonderfully green (the old use of that word) place to get a gift, will be open until 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night for those of you interested
