Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages. Back then, I ...

Spring is here and April has lots of chances to make something green and learn about plants. Throughout the Lancaster County region (and virtual) are talks about designing containers, spring’s ...

Did you know plants like flowers and vegetables need certain nutrients to grow, just like us? Let's learn about acids, bases and soil nutrients with Liani Yirka and Jason Holmes at Sarah P. Duke ...

Instead of hibernating this February, there are plenty of chances to learn about plants and make something green. Throughout the Lancaster County area (plus virtual options) are talks about sowing ...

There are always lots of things to learn as a gardener, and many of them can only be learned through doing—through actually getting out there and getting your hands dirty. But there are some things ...

From flavoring food to making natural insect repellents, Painesville City Schools students recently got an up-close look at some of the ways that people use plants during the second week of the school ...

Paddle canoes and kayaks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Wells Lake at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith. Educators will have canoes and kayaks, paddles and life ...

CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- With the holiday decorations all packed away, it’s a good time to get out and explore food from the area’s fine restaurants, compelling international documentary films, locally ...