This is the time of the year for planning! Whether it is the garden, the yard, flower beds, shrubbery, perennials, you name it, the spring itch has hit in a big way. Catalogs are coming to fuel our ...

In a world with rapidly disappearing wilderness and ever-expanding human developments, what can a home gardener do to stem the tide? Thomas Rainer and Claudia West answer that question in their newly ...

Middle schoolers from across the U.S. have big ideas to help the planet and their solutions start with plants. A sixth grader from Tempe, Arizona, thought to combine a peace lily with the Texas ...

Hidden in an inconspicuous building behind French Family Science Center lie powerful weapons in our fight against climate change: plants. Not just any plants, though. Plants from the past, and plants ...

Question: We noticed a difference in the oak trees. Which one greens up first with the glossy leaves and which one produces all the fluffy stuff? Answer: Most years there it is a matter of weeks ...

Quite a few years ago, my husband and I jumped onto the natural lawn trend, which means we don’t mow a part of our yard and let it grow. I could go on for a while about the benefits of our small ...