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 ...

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 ...

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WALNUT CREEK — Ruth Bancroft, a renowned expert on drought-tolerant plants and founder of the Ruth Bancroft Garden, died at her Walnut Creek home Nov. 26. She was 109. Bancroft was born in ...

For as long as people have roamed the planet, we have tried to quantify beauty, whether it’s applying the golden ratio, or more recently, counting likes. In the world of travel, that measurement is ...

Combining biography of the dry garden’s pioneer with a landscaper’s guide, Silver, a garden editor for Sunset magazine, and photographer Brenner tour the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, Calif., ...

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 ...