You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

We suggest that you reach out to your local UME Master Gardener group to ask about available landscape design classes, ...

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The environmental benefits of adding native plants to yards and gardens are abundant, such as supporting local birds and butterflies, but many people might look across their lawns and not know where ...

Late summer is a splendid time of year to go prospecting for native prairie plants that might bring beauty and wildlife habitat to your garden. “Plants that are native to the prairie are in their ...

LOS ANGELES — When Aurora Anaya bought her little art deco house on a corner lot in the small city of Whittier, she was excited about the chance to create her own garden. And then she met a man at the ...

The entomologist Doug Tallamy is on a crusade to reduce grass lawns in favor of native plants. Native plants feed insects and wildlife that contribute to healthier food webs, which keep us alive.

Native plants are equipped to survive our heat, drought and soils, as well as support many of our beneficial indigenous insects better than other plants. Courtesy Johnson County Extension Native plant ...

Framed by a fence clad in maypop vines, Anne Barnes’ Edwardian home in the Freret neighborhood gets a lot of attention from passersby. They usually don’t comment, though, on its herb garden or flower ...

Pick up some new native plants: Sonoma Ecology Center has a native plant sale from noon to 3 p.m. every Friday at Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 Seventh St. East. The sale offers a variety of California ...