If you are lucky enough to live near a freshwater pond, you are familiar with the magical soundscape created by spring peepers, bullfrogs, owls and songbirds who call your neighborhood ...

Today’s column introduces guidelines for year-round gardening for herbaceous perennial plants that are native to a ...

Japanese knotweed can grow several inches a day, is so aggressive that it is nearly impossible to eradicate, and is lowering ...

Perennials are plants and flowers that grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die every autumn and winter and then grow ...

After scaling back its annual lake drawdown under pressure from the state, Monterey is seeing a rapid resurgence of invasive ...

At the close of “Candide,” 18th-century philosopher Voltaire suggested that we must take care of our own garden — perhaps a ...

The 2025 Perennial Plant of the Year is clustered mountain mint, Pynanthemum muticum. This species of mountain mint has been increasingly popular with the renewed focus on pollinator gardens, as ...

Fighting climate change, one yard at a time Some experts say how we tend our gardens can make a difference, and maybe even influence the world.

Framingham's Garden in the Woods highlights native Massachusetts plants that attract pollinators, thrive in tough conditions, and promote sustainable gardening.

For the fifth year in a row, state officials are launching the Growing Wild program, which encourages the public to actively protect pollinators by providing free gardening starter kits at more ...

Many of the properties in the 25th annual Bittersweet Garden Tour feature native plants.