American Meadows encourages gardeners to think regionally when choosing plants that support pollinators and local ...

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Wondering when you should plant this spring or what species are beginner friendly? Local gardening experts share tips for ...

The Lafayette Consolidated Government has launched a Native Landscaping Guide to promote sustainable landscaping practices ...

How often do you plant something in your garden simply because it looks pretty and/or smells nice. In this modern age, we are offered selections of flowers and plants that our ancestors never even ...

If you’ve ever walked into a native plant nursery and felt defeated because — admit it — all the offerings looked like 4-inch pots of weeds, do we have the shopping/planning guide for you: a set of ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. As homeowners face long, dry summers and periods of extended drought, and rising water bills, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden ...

LCG launches a new Native Landscaping Guide as part of a broader effort to build a more resilient and efficient Lafayette ...

Jack L. Carter, Martha A. Carter and Donna J. Stevens, 214 pages, softcover $20. Mimbres Publishing, 2003. This user-friendly guide includes photos and descriptions of 108 woody species and 38 ...

The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program, led by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, recently published Native Plants for Virginia’s Capital Region, a 72-page, full-color guide ...

As Colorado faces drought conditions after one of the driest winters on record, experts are encouraging residents to use ...

Native plants have a symbiotic relationship with native wildlife and evolved within local environment. Here, a monarch rests on a blazing star, a native wildflower. Native plant species are better ...