
Mediterranean Garden Society

The cover illustration by Veronica Hadjiphani Lorenzetti shows Hydrangea macrophylla (left) and Hydrangea paniculata.
The photo at the top of this page shows Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia (syn. Photinia arbutifolia), with its brilliant red berriesCaroline Harbouri, Editor
CONTENTS
From the Vice President: Not the President’s Letter
From the Outgoing President: My Resignation
University of California Botanical Garden: The First Hundred Years
Ramona Davis & Katherine Greenberg
A Los Angeles Garden After the Fires of 2025
Ann Beisch
Chaparral in a California Garden
Katherine Greenberg
A Garden Full of Guests
Yaniv Korman
Roses
Burford Hurry
On the Pleasure of Weeding
Stephen Varcoe
Succulent Care This Winter
Andrew Sloan
The Story of Cyprus Sugar (and Motor Cars)
John Joynes
Medieval Gardens in Cyprus
John Joynes
Living With and Without Woofers
Sue Wake
How Well Do You Know Your Trees?
Books
Sundries
Letters
The Contributors
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