We suggest that you reach out to your local UME Master Gardener group to ask about available landscape design classes, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Gardening involves a short list of objectives: landscape beauty, drought tolerance, fire resistance (for vulnerable areas), and the enjoyment of gardening. Today’s column focuses on the benefits of ...

If you’ve ever looked around your neighborhood and noticed more unusual plants popping up in gardens, you’re not alone. People are mixing native plants with others from far-off places, and it’s ...

Tending a garden is about as hands-on as climate solutions get. On a basic level, putting plants in the ground helps sequester carbon. Vegetation can reduce stress and tension for the humans around it ...

Anthony Marinello used to spend $200 to $300 a month — excluding fall and spring cleanups — on professional landscaping and maintenance of his family's West Hempstead property. Before that, he spent ...

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"If you build it, they will come." That is the theme of a new curriculum developed by Islip Middle School eighth-grade science teacher AnnMarie Mills this past school year. The quote, borrowed from ...

People are making plans on what to grow this season, and LOLL Designs is trying to get their green thumb too. Earlier this afternoon, they took on an ambitious tree planting project along amity creek.

As the Western U.S. faces more damaging droughts, local governments—as well as an increasing number of homeowners—have been successfully promoting landscaping practices that eschew the stereotypical ...