Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Designing your garden to include berry ...

Native to North America, this deciduous shrub or small tree produces white flowers in spring, followed by edible berries ...

Birds don't live by berries alone. But fruit helps carry the creatures through the lean winter months. You can help by planting shrubs or trees that provide berries. And your landscape will ...

Many birds change their eating habits in fall and winter. Some insect-eating birds will turn to berries to supplement their diets. Winter berry-producing native shrubs are important sustenance for ...

Many birds that spend the majority of the year eating insects, grubs and caterpillars turn to calorie-packed berries in autumn to furnish the energy boost they need. “Berries are really ...

It's lovely to look at but deadly to birds. According to Ramsay Hank, owner of Deep Roots Landscape Design in Bloomington ... oval leaves and luscious red berries. Local nurseries sell them ...

DEAR JOAN: Our backyard patio, which sits below our neighbor’s large maple tree, is littered with black droppings from birds every year, mostly during winter months. I imagine it is the berries ...

Those winged messengers of the plant kingdom, birds, love red-berried plants even more than gardeners do, although those of us who have tasted those pithy red berries think the birds have taken ...