Despite Ruth Bancroft Garden celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, many still call the two-and-a-half succulent acres one of Walnut Creek's hidden jewels. It will be much easier to find the next ...

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 ...

WALNUT CREEK — Phenomenally, the Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery has retained its mysterious aura as its world-renowned 3.5 acres enter a second half-century in operation. Established 50 years ago as a ...

The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek is filled with mature, mysterious and awe-inspiring succulents and cactuses. In the lovely benign weather of spring, when it’s neither too warm nor too chilly ...

The city of San Jose apparently believes the key to celebrating the holidays is to make sure each and every centimeter of downtown is bathed in jubilant sights and sounds. It's hard to argue with that ...

What’s better than a beautiful garden full of strange cacti and succulents? How about when they’re decked out with lights and glowing apparatuses, looking like a Christmas-tree farm imported from an ...

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 ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (BCN) — Despite Ruth Bancroft Garden celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, many still call the two-and-a-half succulent acres one of Walnut Creek’s hidden jewels. It will be ...