You can feel it—the air is crisper, the days are shorter, and your coffee suddenly tastes better outside in a sweater. Fall is here, and so is that narrow window of time before the ground freezes ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter strips most landscapes down to bare branches and frost-covered ground. For birds that stay through the cold months rather ...

If your ideal weekend doesn’t involve hedge trimmers and a growing pile of clippings, it may be time to rethink what’s in your landscape. Many traditional shrubs are bred to be tightly sheared and ...

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it. By Margaret Roach Turning your front yard into ...

The Certified Wildlife Habitat program from the National Wildlife Federation is the most widely recognized program. To qualify, a yard must offer food, water, cover, and places for wildlife to raise ...

A simple shrub-identification question on Reddit turned into a useful reminder that even longtime shoreline plants can be easy to misread. In this case, members of r/nativeplants said a lakefront ...

April is National Native Plant Month as annually proclaimed by Congress through Senate and House resolutions to recognize the benefits of native plants to the environment and economy of the United ...