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 ...

Most maps would show that this plot of land is on the banks of Hulick Creek on the west side of Cove in Union County. But Bobby Fossek said the area had a name before one of the town’s settlers bought ...

Native plants, as the name indicates, grow naturally in an area or region. There is a growing shift among many people away from a manicured garden with non-local species in support of more natural ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

University of Delaware Professor of Entomology Doug Tallamy published a new research study in Nature that systematically identifies the most critical plants needed to sustain food webs across the ...

DuPage County crews will plant oak trees along a stretch of the Illinois Prairie Path near West Chicago thanks to a $10,000 grant. The county’s transportation division first plans to clear invasive, ...

Organizers say the goal isn’t to turn beginners into botanists overnight, but to “plant the seed of ecological literacy” — helping residents recognize that knowing and valuing native plants is the ...