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What will we consider “summer reading” when summer is widely viewed as the most dangerous season of the year? Consider these titles.

This year, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will present its 13th annual Ina and Lewis Heafitz Endowed Lecture Series at the Gardens on Aug. 31, 4-5:30 p.m. The free lecture, “Invitations from and to the Garden: Cultivating a Garden Culture of Care...

Before the devastating 2018 Camp Fire hit their Sierra Nevada foothills home, Rachel Schleiger and her family thought they were prepared for a wildfire. They had created defensive space and hardened their home as much as possible and, although their house survived, their property burned. In the aftermath, Schleiger realized that the standard recommendations are […]

Learn how to propagate new succulents for your collection for free

We asked experts for professional advice on how to propagate succulents for healthy and plentiful plants.

One foot in front of the other, the early humans moved — trampling the tall prairie grasses, compressing the forest ferns, wearing a furrow in the limestone....

With heavy rains, mushrooms have been popping up in mulch, garden beds and lawns all around Colorado. But they don't stick around too long. It's like the obscure '90s Dada song, "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow."

Adaptive gardening has much to offer gardeners of all ages, interests, and abilities. Balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility can be compromised by physical limitations at any age — from …

For those who don’t know where to start or who just want more tips I have some recommendations on books that I use every year in planning and implementing food production.

First, Doug Tallamy wrote an influential book urging home gardeners to replace lawns and invasive plants with native trees and plants. Now, in time for Earth Day, Tallamy is back