With the arrival of autumn, many area green thumbs are busy removing spent plants and making plans for next year’s landscape. Local proprietors in the native landscaping business, however, would like ...

On a warm morning early in the summer of 2010, Anthony Marinello plunged a shovel into the ground in the front yard of his parents’ West Hempstead home and began to dig. The recent high school ...

Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Layer your garden from pathway to treetop for beauty, wildlife, and good eating. Explore a native plant garden that ...

Pulling weeds is a regular task for Bruce Schwartz in his native garden, which is more about creating habitat than traditional landscaping. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) So you've torn out your ...

This is the latest in a series we call Plant PPL, where we interview people of color in the plant world. If you have any suggestions for PPL to include in our series, tag us on Instagram ...

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 ...

From creeping thyme to mountain mint, the gardening scene on Long Island’s North Shore is embracing a wave of eco-conscious, low-maintenance trends rooted in native plantings and thoughtful landscape ...

Six years ago, I had never heard of a “native” plant. I grew up playing in my family’s vegetable garden and happily started my own after buying my first home. I had no need for flowers because they ...

Look at the history of gardening and you’ll see how the appearance of new types of plants in nurseries has regularly enabled and inspired new gardening styles. Think, for example, of the arrival of ...

Shana Williams learns about microclimates and ecotype native plants with Steph of Green Steeze in Culpeper County. Peggy Singlemann visits Rappahannock County to meet Janet Davis, Owner of Hill House ...

Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd., introduces a professionally-designed, native garden plan free for the public to use specific to the ecoregion of Chattanooga. The design was created with the ...

Native California plants can add color to a water-saving landscape, while attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. Image courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Thirteenth in a series republished ...