Rebecca Hutchins, board chair of the Boone Native Gardens, gave the organization’s annual update to the Boone Town Council, highlighting what she described as a strong year of ...

Imagine someone trying to boil noodles in a coffee machine or plugging an air fryer to make a cup of tea. Not to be harsh, but this is exactly what zillions of Americans are doing these days with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There are many benefits to going native with your landscaping: improving climate resilience, biodiversity and water conservation, and creating a slice of ...

Home gardeners looking to add some local color to their flower beds might choose the purple blossoms of tall larkspur or the broad yellow petals of the wood poppy. They’re two of the more than a dozen ...

Lexie Glass and her husband, Evan Hursley, tore out their lawns and created gardens that are drought-resistant, attractive to wildlife and beautiful. The couple began the process of replacing their ...

In Leucadia Oaks Park, over a former flower field, the city of Encinitas plans to grow a native plant garden that will teach residents how to achieve similar results in their own yards. Last week, the ...

Ira Satinover has a dream … that the purple prairie grass, butterfly weed, the rattlesnake master rustling and swaying in his front yard has spread to every garden on his Oak Park block. “I want you ...

Anthony Marinello used to spend $200 to $300 a month — excluding fall and spring cleanups — on professional landscaping and maintenance of his family's West Hempstead property. Before that, he spent ...

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden invites the community to celebrate its centennial with The Beer Garden, its signature fundraising event, Saturday, March 14 ...

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