An olive tree will really brighten up the household while providing some delicious fruit. Here's everything you need to know ...

Olive trees are ideally suited to hot and dry climates and can be very versatile plants for any backyard. They can grow in beds or borders, and are one of the best trees for small gardens, while they ...

The olive tree (Olea europaea) is well suited to Napa Valley. The tree’s Mediterranean origin makes it a natural fit for our sunny, arid and temperate climate. Our warm summers encourage fruit growth, ...

I received a query from the folks behind Miralon, a trendy proposed development in south Palm Springs. I took one look and had deja vu from 2017 and went back to check my records. Yes, this project ...

The world’s top producers, Spain and Italy, have faced a series of plagues that led one Italian newspaper to refer to 2014 as “ the black year of Italian oil .” Ninety-five percent of the world’s ...

While the olive may or may not be the choice of garnish for your cocktail (for James Bond it certainly wasn’t), this fruit has established itself in multiple civilizations since time immemorial. And ...

The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...

When London-born neurosurgeon Judith M. Taylor and her ophthalmologist husband, Irvin, moved from New York to Marin in 1994 to retire, they settled into a Tiburon home with a garden that needed ...