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Eden Vol. 21 No. 1 2018
Contents: The Lockwood and Elizabeth de Forest Archives, The California Railway Gardener, Poinsettia: Uncommon History of a Common Plant, The 2017 CGLHS Annual Conference in Palm Springs Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 20 No. 3 2017
Contents: The Willows and Its Historic Gardens, Mar y Cel: The Tea House of Montecito, Tahquitz River Estates, Update on a Palo Alto Garden Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 20 No. 4 2017
Contents: The Founding Mothers of Palm Springs, The Landscape of the Palm Springs Woman’s Club, Francis Dean and the Art of Modern Landscape Architecture, Member News Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 20 No. 2 2017
Contents: Remembering Takeo Uesugi, President's Letter and CGLHS 2016 Annual Report, Fern Dell, Book Review: The Bartlett Book of Garden Elements, Books on Garden Ornament, Members News Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 20 No. 1 2017
Contents: Ernest Batchelder: Teacher, Designer, Tilemaker, CGLHS Annual Report, The Chavez Ravine Arboretum, Elysian Park, Plant Introduction Garden at Chico, CGLHS Board Members 2017 Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 19 No. 4 2016
Contents: Garden History of the Monterey Peninsula, Redux, Emerson Knight: Landscape Artist with a Public Career, CGLHS Member News, The Impacts of Public Access at Yosemite National Park, Water Conservation at Hakone Estate and Gardens Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 19 No. 3 2016
Contents: A Playwright’s Garden: Eugene O’Neill’s Tao House, 1937 to 2016; Big Chico Creek Runs Through It; Remnant Home Garden Ornamentals Along the Upper Klamath River; Member News; What is Landscape? (book review); M.F.K. Fisher and the Language of Landscape Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 19 No. 2 2016
Contents: A Radical Vision for Palos Verdes Estates, Chico State Arboretum: A Legacy of Trees, Marin’s Hidden Gem, Trees in Paradise: A California History (Book Review), The Tree: Meaning and Myth (Book Review) Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 19 No. 1 2016
Contents: The Ebell of Los Angeles, The Glamorous Gardens of Tommy Tomson: Part Two, CGLHS 2015 Annual Report Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 18 No. 4 2015
Contents: The Early History of the Sutro Forest, CGLHS Member News, The Glamorous Gardens of Tommy Tomson: Part One Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 18 No. 3 2015
Contents: The Accidental Landscapers of San Diego’s 1915 Panama-California Exposition; John McLaren: Landscape Magician of the 1915 Exposition; CGLHS Member News; Nursery Order of the Avenue of Palms; Horticulture at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition; CGLHS Conferences and Me Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 18 No. 2 2015
Contents: Donald Culross Peattie: A Naturalist in California; A Gentle Man; A Storyteller’s Eye; Graduates of the California School of Gardening; CGLHS Member News; The Begonia Reaches California Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 18 No. 1 2015
Contents: Olmsted Brothers’ Vision for the Panama-California Exposition; Capitol Towers: Sacramento’s Modernist Gem; Judy Horton, Garden Designer; Kent Woodlands: An Interview with Nancy Kent Danielson; Natura and Nurture: California and the Kent Family; Adaline Kent; CGLHS Annual Report Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 17 No. 4 2014
Contents: Ralph Dalton Cornell, Ralph Cornell’s Preservation Plan for Torrey Pines, Book Review, World’s Fair Gardens: Shaping American Landscapes, Ralph Cornell and the “College in a Garden” Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 17 No. 3 2014
Contents: Lockwood de Forest ASLA and the Santa Barbara Landscape, Recollections of My Parents (Kellam de Forest), Elizabeth Kellam de Forest, Lockwood de Forest Sr.: An American Orientalist, A Classic Rosemary for California, and My Garden Education (William A. Grant) Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 17 No. 2 2014
Contents: Elysian Park: A Century of Municipal Neglect, The LAPD Cascade at Elysian Park, The Landscape of Dodger Stadium, President’s Message, CGLHS News Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 17 No. 1 2014
Contents: Sydney Stein Rich: Pioneering Professional Gardener, Book Review, Expanding Women’s Work: The California School of Gardening for Women, California School of Gardening, The Indomitable Isabella Worn, 2013 Annual Report, George Schoener Day in Santa Barbara Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 16 No. 4 2013
Contents: The California Landscapes of Katherine Bashford, June Meehan Campbell, Book Review Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 16 No. 3 2013
Contents: Eckbo’s Fulton Mall, David Mas Masumoto: Bearing Fruit, An Interview with Mas Masumoto, Fresno Frolic Recap, Horace George Cotton, Fresno’s Garden of Eden, Saving An Historic Rose Collection Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 16 No. 2 2013
Contents: The Trees in California’s Cityscape, The Legacy of Pasadena’s Trees; Bidwell Park and the Venerable Bidwell/Hooker Oak; Preservation Matters: The Santa Barbara Main Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, and Five Controversial Trees Receive Landmark Status; The Afterlife of Trees; John Fowles’ The Tree; Book Review. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 16 No. 1 2013
Contents: Taming the Car – A Vision for Los Angeles: Fred Barlow, Jr.’s Innovative Landscape for Baldwin Hills Village; Working With Fred Lang in the Southland’s South Coast; Pasadena’s Historic Designed Gardens; April in Fresno; In Memoriam: Thomas Alfred Brown, ASLA. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 15 No. 4 2012
Contents: America’s Playground and Theme Park Heritage: Launching the First Annual HALS Challenge; Options in Submitting Documentations to HALS; Sonoma TrainTown Railroad; Preservation is Child’s Play – Saving a Mid-Century City Park; Mid-Century Theme Parks: Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno; Do Playgrounds Matter?; Book Reviews; Plants, Passion, and Propogation: A Recap. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 15 No. 3 2012
Contents: Sonoma County’s Landscape and Horticultural History; Early Winegrowing in Sonoma County; Luther Burbank – Master Horticulturist; M.F.K. Fisher: A Connoisseur in Sonoma; Plants, Passion, Propogation: A Horticultural Tour of Sonoma County Nurseries. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 15 No. 2 2012
Contents: The San Francisco Peninsula’s Great Estates: Part II; The Crystal Springs Lakes and Reservoir; Bruce Porter Comments on California’s Estate Gardens; Two Studies in Conservation Easements: The Fleishhackers’ Green Gables and Telegraph Hill’s Eby Garden; Preservation Matters. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 15 No. 1 2012
Contents: The San Francisco Peninsula’s Great Estates, Part One-Mansions, Landscapes, and Gardens in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries; From Floral Paradise to Commercial Nursery And Back: The Saga of the Barron/Latham/Hopkins Estate, 1864-1942; Fall Photography Field Trip To The Getty Villa. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 14 No. 4 2011
Contents: The Brandegees: Leading Botanists in San Diego; Anza-Borrego Desert State Park; Border Field State Park and Its Monument; Landscaping San Diego: Roland Hoyt; San Diego’s Lost Landscape: La Punta; Ranchos to Castles Talk & Tour Recap. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 14 No. 3 2011
Contents: San Luis Obispo: City as Landscpae; The Dana Adobe in a Rancho Setting; Glimpses of Early Atascadero: Two Stories of Places Over Time; Landscapes and Gardens on Hearst’s Enchanted Hill; Winegrowing In SLO County; California Polytechnic State University and Its Landscape Architecture Department; Dreaming of Landscape: Morro Bay on California’s Central Coast. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 14 No. 2 2011
Contents: Beatrix Farrand in Southern California, 1927-1941; Beatrix Farrand in Santa Barbara, 1925-1959; Preservation Matters: Balboa Park at Risk; Book Reviews; Website and Archives to Visit. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 14 No. 1 2011
Contents: James Wilkinson Elliott; A Coronado Garden; The Other McLaren: Part III; Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 13 No. 3 2010
Contents: The Alan Chadwick Garden at UCSC; The Other McLaren, Part Two; Joaquin Miller’s Trees, Part Two; Book Reviews; Members News; Preservation Matters; Annual Meeting Announcement. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 13 No. 2 2010
Contents: The Other McLaren, Part One; Joaquin Miller’s Trees, Part One; Preservation News; Reviews; Marion Hollins and the Creation of Santa Cruz’s Pasatiemp. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 13 No. 1 2010
Contents: The Evolution and Restoration of Pasadena’s Washington Park; The Payne-Cornell Partnership; Forgotten Rose, Forgotten Creator: Francis Lester; Roses of Yesterday and Today 1945-2010: The Transformation From Lester Rose Gardens. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 12 No. 4 2009
Contents: Villa Montalvo and Little Brook Farm: Early and Late Italianate Style in the Santa Clara Valley; 2009 Annual Meeting Minutes; Members in the News; Preservation Isssue: UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Val Verde, Franceschi House; Revising Cultural Landscapes of Childhood: A HALS Challenge; Book Reviews; Websites to Visit. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 12 No. 3 2009
Contents: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Landscape at Hanna House; Trouble in Paradise: Today’s Aging Kaiser’s Roof Garden; Member’s in the News; Preservation Issues; Landscape for Living: The Post War Years in Northern California. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 12 No. 2 2009
Contents: Mid-Century Modern: The Kaiser Roof Garden Comes of Age; California Pioneers of Landscape Design; In Memorium: Theodore Osmundson, Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 12 No. 1 2009
Contents: Sutro Baths – Caracalla At Lands End; California Pioneers of Landscape Design; Preservation Issue: Solvang & Santa Barbara. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 11 No. 4 2008
Contents: Gardens Below The Watchtower: Gardens and Meaning in WWII Japanese American Internment Camps, Part Two; Preservation Issues: Vista – Darian Gardens, Hortense Miller, Iconoclast to Icon, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, The Presidio, Roeding Park; Book Reviews, Coming Events. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 11 No. 3 2008
Contents: Gardens Below The Watchtower: Gardens and Meaning in WWII Japanese American Internment Camps, Part One; Preservation Issues; Book Reviews and News; Coming Events; Owens Valley – Then and Now. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 11 No. 2 2008
Contents: Berkeley Conference Set; Book Reviews – “California Gardens,” “Casa California, Spanish-style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente,” “A Photographic Garden History,” “Directories of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California”; Redwoods and Roses – The Gardening Heritage California and the Old West; Val Verde Appeal; Preserving Historical Literature. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 11 No. 1 2008
Contents: Spirit of Landscape: California’s Lower Owen’s River Valley; Theodore Payne; Japanese Plants Come to California; Preservation Issues. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 10 No. 4 2007
Contents: California Japanese Style Gardens – Tradition & Practice Proves A Success; Japanese Gardens – American Gardeners in San Diego County, Part Two; The Japanese Presence in San Diego – A Timeline, Part Two; Jewel Box Garden; Gardens To Save Now – Montecito, Grass Valley, Santa Barbara. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 10 No. 3 2007
Contents: Japanese Gardens – American Gardeners in San Diego County, Part One; The Japanese Presence in San Diego – A Timeline; Plants of Japan; The Wardian Case; Mark Daniels. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 10 No. 2 2007
Contents: California Japanese Style Gardens – Tradition and Practice; Huntington Japanese Garden San Marino, Storrier Stearns Garden Pasadena, James Irvin Garden Los Angeles; James Irvine Garden; Mark Daniels – Engineer & Architect; Biltmore Hotel Phoenix, The California Botanical Garden, Capistrano Beach, Castles in Spain, W.A Clark Library, Biskra Oasis Hotel, Mount Saint Mary’s College. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 10 No. 1 2007
Contents: California Japanese Style Gardens – Tradition and Practice; James Irvine Garden; Mark Daniels – Engineer & Architect; The National Park Service; The Bohemian Club; An Evening with Robert Irwin; Richmond – Japanese American Nurseries. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 9 No. 4 2006
Contents: Berkeley Conference Set; Book Reviews – “California Gardens,” “Casa California, Spanish-style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente,” “A Photographic Garden History,” “Directories of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California”; Redwoods and Roses – The Gardening Heritage California and the Old West; Val Verde Appeal; Preserving Historical Literature. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 9 No. 3 2006
Contents: Alma Through The Years – A Pictorial History of The Alma Dale Estate; James Leary Flood; Henry Lloyd Tevis; A Gardener Just Like You Or Me; The Saratoga Blossom Festival; A Brief History of The Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District; Woodhills Ranch – The Estate of Fremont and Cora Older; Carl Purdy; Additional Information on Emerson Knight; California Landscape As Historic Garden. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 9 No. 2 2006
Contents: CGLHS Conference 2006 Saratoga; Three Historic Japanese Gardens in Saratoga; Emerson Knight – Landscape Architect; Researching California Garden History – A Primer; The Getty Villa – Los Angeles; Book Reviews and Events. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 9 No. 1 2006
Contents: Oscar Prager, Willis Polk and the Empire Mine of Grass Valley; California Missions – San Miguel; San Francisco – Golden Gate Park; Santa Barbara HALS; Tree Preservation – Carpenteria; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 8 No. 4 2005
Contents: Berkeley Conference Set; Book Reviews – “California Gardens,” “Casa California, Spanish-style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente,” “A Photographic Garden History,” “Directories of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California”; Redwoods and Roses – The Gardening Heritage California and the Old West; Val Verde Appeal; Preserving Historical Literature. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 8 No. 3 2005
Contents: Skirmish on Russian Hill – A Church Garden Becomes a Public Garden; CGLHS Conference 2005 Napa; Thomas Church and Garden Design In The West; Olive Percival Los Angeles Author and Bibliophile; The Down-Hyl Claim 1 – The Garden. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 8 No. 2 2005
Contents: The Cal Poly Pomona University Rose Garden; Charles Gibbs Adams; Hope Ranch – Santa Barbara County; The Oak Knoll Estate – Napa Valley. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 8 No. 1 2005
Contents: California and the Municipal Rose Garden Movement; The Rose Garden at Chateau Fresno; Early Nurseries of Napa County; Beyond Vineyards – Landscapes of the Napa Valley; Archives and Websites. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 7 No. 4 2004
Contents: “In A World That He Has Created” Class Collectivity and The Growers’ Landscape of the Southern California Citrus Industry 1890-1940 – Part Two; Napa Recap; What Needs Saving Now? – The Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park, Ridgewood Ranch Landslide; Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 7 No. 3 2004
Contents: “In A World That He Has Created” Class Collectivity and The Growers’ Landscape of the Southern California Citrus Industry 1890-1940 – Part One; Is It Garden Design or Art? Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 7 No. 2 2004
Contents: Beverly Hills Copse; California Tree Trends; California’s Eucalyptus Boom; Changes at the Stanford Arizona Garden; Fairmount Park; Chinese Garden at the Huntington; Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 6 No. 4 2003
Contents: Landscape History of the Stanford University Campus-The Early Years; Santa Barbara: Franceschi House and Park; Paso Robles: Mission San Miguel Arcangel; Contra Costa County: The Moraga Rancho; Sonoma County: Villa Pompeii at Asti; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 6 No. 3 2003
Contents: Rudolph Ulrich on The San Francisco Peninsula; Report: CGLHS 2003 Conference and Annual Meeting; Tehachapi: Mourning Cloak Ranch & Botanical Garden; San Marino: Huntington Desert Garden; San Francisco: Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers; Fred Tschopp: An Update from John Adam. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 6 No. 2 2003
Contents: Filoli: The Gentleman’s Fruit Orchard; California Orchards – A Brief History; Conference 2003 Garden Tours; Hearst Castle: San Simeon; National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 6 No. 1 2003
Contents: Cypress Lawn & The Rural Cemetery Movement; San Francisco Presidio; Earthly Paradise: Garden History of The San Francisco Peninsula; Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 5 No. 4 2002
Contents: Report on SJC Conference; Meeting with The Garden Conservancy; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden; Register of Research; Val Verde; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 5 No. 3 2002
Contents: The Historic Landscape Initiative of the National Park Service; A Lost Rose Garden; Book Review. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 5 No. 2 2002
Contents: Cultivating Capistrano: Historic Valley Gardens & Landscapes; Berkeley: EDA Grant; The Tiles of Casa del Herrero; A Timeline For John McLaren; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 5 No. 1 2002
Contents: Summit Planning on Telegraph Hill; A History of Franceschi Park; Franceschi’s Plan Introductions; The Williams Garden in Palo Alto; Restoration Progress; Preserving Modern Landscapes; Book Reviews. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 4 No. 4 2001
Contents: Victoria Avenue Forever; Franz Phillip Hosp; Report on Sonoma 2001; Peralta Adobe in San Jose; Book Reviews. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 4 No. 3 2001
Contents: History of The Sonoma Plaza; Garden Restoration Projects-What Needs Saving Now (San Francisco-Golden Gate Park, San Francisco-Sutro Heights Park, San Francisco-Coit Tower’s Pioneer Park, Monterey-Marsh’s Oriental Gardens, Palo Alto-Hanna House); Book Reviews & News. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 4 No. 2 2001
Contents: Garden History of Sonoma County; Garden Restoration Projects-What Needs Saving Now (Sutro Heights Park, Saving Santa Claus, Taking a Garden Public); Book Reviews; Coming Events; Odds & Ends. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 4 No. 1 2001
Contents: Sutro Heights and It’s Sources; Garden Restoration Projects-What Needs Saving Now (Santa Barbara-Val Verde, Pasadena-Busch Gardens, Stanford University-Arizona Garden, Santa Barbara-Franceschi House, Costa Mesa-Isamu Noguchi’s Landscape Plaza). Download PDF |
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Eden Vol. 4 No. 1 2001
Contents: Sutro Heights and It’s Sources; Garden Restoration Projects-What Needs Saving Now (Santa Barbara-Val Verde, Pasadena-Busch Gardens, Stanford University-Arizona Garden, Santa Barbara-Franceschi House, Costa Mesa-Isamu Noguchi’s Landscape Plaza). Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 3 No. 4 2000
Contents: Gardens and Landscapes; Roy Rydell; Book Reviews; Odd News. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 3 No. 3 2000
Contents: Monterey’s Legend of the Sherman Rose; Searching for Rudolph Ulrich; Book Reviews, Odds & Ends. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 3 No. 2 2000
Contents: Historic Gardens of Monterey; Report on the Spring Board Meeting; National Park Services Publications; Book Reviews; Garden Tours Galore. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 3 No. 1 2000
Contents: Gardens of Monterrey; National Park Services Publications; California Garden Restoration Projects; Sources for Antique Plants. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 2 No. 4 1999
Contents: On Becoming A Historic Gardener; Preserving The Gardens of California; Powerful Research Tools; Sources for Antique Plants. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 2 No. 3 1999
Contents: World’s Fairs and California’s Horticultural History – Part Three; Report on the Long Beach Conference; First Mayor’s House of Salinas City; Websites to Visit. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 2 No. 2 1999
Contents: World’s Fairs and California’s Horticultural History – Part Two; Saving the Circle in the Square – Orange County; California Garden Restoration Projects; Book Reviews, Websites to Visit. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 2 No. 1 1999
Contents: World’s Fairs and California’s Horticultural History – Part One; The Importance of Documentation; California’s Garden Restoration Project; Some Garden Writings by David Gebhard. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 1 No. 9 1998
Contents: Saving Val Verde – The Struggle Continues; Rancho Los Alamitos; Sources for Antique Plants. Download PDF |
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Eden Vol. 1 No. 7 1998
Contents: National Park’s Historic Landscape Initiative; Annual Meeting Report; Book Reviews: “The Gardens at Filoli,” “Rustic Garden Architecture,” “Gardening by Mail, A Source Book” Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 1 No. 6 1998
Contents: Pioneer California Gardens; Book Reviews – “Grandma’s Garden: The Old Fashioned American Garden 1865-1915; Places of Interest to Visit. Download PDF | 
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Eden Vol. 1 No. 4 1997
Contents: Talks, Garden Visits Highlights Huntington Meeting in October; Book Review – Gardens of Alcatraz; Internet Sites of Interest. Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 1 No. 3 1997
Contents: Berkeley Conference Set; Book Reviews – “California Gardens,” “Casa California, Spanish-style Houses from Santa Barbara to San Clemente,” “A Photographic Garden History,” “Directories of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California”; Redwoods and Roses – The Gardening Heritage California and the Old West; Val Verde Appeal; Preserving Historical Literature. Download PDF |
Eden Vol. 1 No. 2 1996
Contents: Invitation to the “Botanic Heritage Gems of San Diego” Download PDF | 
Eden Vol. 1 No. 1 1996
The inaugural issue of Eden. Contents: A Brief History of CGLHS; List of Founding CGLHS Members; CGLHS Mission Download PDF |