Flower gardens aren't just for beauty, bees, and butterflies. They can also be for enhancing the look and flavor of your food ...

These low-growing plants look beautiful and taste delicious. Orest Lyzhechka / Getty Images Ground covers have many benefits in the landscape—they can choke out weeds, control erosion on slopes, fill ...

Fresh herbs can be expensive at the supermarket, but many perennial varieties are cheap and easy to grow at home.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tree planting is widely promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification, and more. One ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Take a walk in your neighborhood and think about ...

If you have ever dreamed of growing your own delicious garden to table food, now is a great time to start your vegetable and herb garden. While tropical vegetables are best for the summer, tropical ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...

CSA members - people who sign up for a weekly box of produce - frequently ask me what they should do with kohlrabi when it shows up as part of their winter delivery. They are stumped as much by its ...