It’s nearly impossible to overstate the legacy of Ruth Bancroft. Not only did the renowned California gardener pioneer the science and appreciation for establishing succulents and cacti in a ...

When Ruth Bancroft first stuck a spade into her Walnut Creek garden to plant succulents and native plants decades ago, she had no idea her passion would launch an organization or foreshadow a new ...

If you’ve never eaten what some call a cactus apple, you’ve likely seen one. It’s the ruby red fruit that sprouts from prickly pear, or opuntia, cactus. These seemingly unapproachable fruits are part ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Ruth Bancroft, a renowned expert on drought-tolerant plants who had a thing for succulents long before California’s most recent water problems, died at her Walnut Creek home at ...

The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek celebrates the life of its founder Ruth Bancroft who died at 109 on November 26, 2017. The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a nonprofit public dry garden that was ...

Cacti are weird enough – bulbous, spiny and sprouting flowers and fruits where you’d least expect them. Take a historic cactus-and-succulents garden and add artwork — like a pregnant woman’s torso ...

THE PARENTAL HOLIDAYS... are sometimes portrayed in a rather straightforward manner. Pick up your parent, take them to brunch, ask them if they had a fine time, and part ways. But that's not all there ...

She planted with an architect’s eye and gave Californians new ways to see their own landscape: Ruth Bancroft, the influential founder of the renowned Walnut Creek gardens that bear her name, died ...