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Forget traditional garden rows and Pinterest-perfect raised beds. A new wave of gardeners—fueled by the rise of “chaos gardening”—is embracing a freer, wilder approach. Culinary plants are breaking ...

Looking to add some greenery to your living space but don’t have a huge yard? Container gardening opens up a world of ...

THE PRE-HALLOWEEN SEASON, which in some quirkier quarters faithfully begins the day after the Fourth of July, can mean various things in different parts of the Golden State. Some of the major autumn ...

• Rinse the seed, or pit, from an avocado, then hold it vertically with the pointy end facing up.

Before I launch into my diatribe on the glories of annuals, I probably should make sure everyone understands the difference between annuals and perennials. Annuals are plants that grow, bloom, set ...

Gardening is good for the mind, body and spirit. It is also good for the youngsters in our lives. Research shows that gardening helps relieve stress, improve focus, positively impacts mood and ...

Environmentalists know that plants are the key to solving many of the catastrophic problems of the planet. Plants and trees have always had the ability to produce oxygen, filter the air and make the ...

Q. I have been feeding the hummingbirds and getting so much enjoyment out of that. I don't have a lot of room to plant flowers to augment their diets with "natural nectar" blooming plants, but do have ...

Gardening is a fun hobby because there are so many great plants to grow. We grow plants for the food that they produce for us and wildlife, for their fragrant flowers, for the shade they provide. Then ...

Audrey Hepburn famously said, “To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.” She, too, understood that all gardeners are optimists at heart who, regardless of their grumbling, believe that tomorrow is ...