Maureen Gilmer: Welcome a new branch of olive

If you go back to the early days of our desert communities, certain trees were always planted. The first olive trees came from local orchards that were no longer commercially viable. The olive trees were dug up and moved to the desert as bare root, just as we move the date palms from Indio orchards into new development landscaping.

Home and Garden Digest, May 5, 2012: Greenspace closing by end of the month

Greenspace to close its doors by end of month The owner of Greenspace, the Santa Cruz green building, design and housewares store, has announced she is closing the store by the end of the month.