Trees are emotive, but a political obsession with planting trees is getting in the way of proper maintenance of our ancient ...

Picking a spot that matters to you is first step to eradicating invasive species from the environment to ensure state’s rare ...

Even planting just one keystone plant in the yard or in a container will help restore biodiversity on your property.

The entomologist urges everyone to make their yard more ecofriendly by planting plants that provide food for insects.

A dozen native trees planted at the high school are just the start. The city plans to bury roots for about 150 others. The ...

Steve Conaway, director of horticulture with the New England Botanic Garden ... Bradford pear trees as street shade trees. As invasive plants crowd out native species, they can get a foothold ...

Karen Daubmann with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has a roundup of the not-to-be-missed spring flowerings around ...

The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Most young trees and shrubs are available to the home gardener in nursery pots where they have been grown in specialty potting soils that are fluffier and faster draining than any native soil they ...