Floral Park’s nature lovers and bird watchers are in luck. The village’s 13-acre Centennial Gardens reopened to the public on April 1. Visitors are welcome every day from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. “People are ...

Spring is right around the corner, and that means hills, meadows, and green spaces will soon be bursting to life with all ...

If you’ve seen your garden flowers turning brown, it may be time to start collecting the seeds to give you more plants for free next year. Collecting seeds from lavender, foxgloves, honesty, ...

The native wildflowers are just gorgeous right now. If you haven’t noticed all the beautiful yellow, purple and white flowers along the roadsides, in ditches and in natural areas, you are sure to ...

Autumn is a time for…life? This may seem perplexing, as we often link fall with plants dying, wildlife migrating and us retreating indoors. However, this is when conservationists managing prairies get ...

While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

Fanciers of heirloom seeds, also known as “heritage seeds,” have a new Pennsylvania-based source for some of the nation’s rarest and oldest seed varieties. The nonprofit Chester County Roughwood ...

To access the best seeds for the propagation of native species, botanists often need to safely and sustainably collect from a variety of mother trees. In Uganda, Sebastian Walaita at the Tooro Botanic ...

Autumn is a time for…life? This may seem perplexing, as we often link fall with plants dying, wildlife migrating, and us retreating indoors. However, this is when conservationists managing prairies ...