Winter strips the garden bare, and that quiet emptiness can make it hard to imagine birds having much reason to visit. Yet ...

A gorgeous ornamental tree can be low-maintenance!

Last month’s article offered reasons to plant yard trees — even though, it is true, trees require some effort to plant and ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers at gene banks scattered across Southern Africa have spent decades collecting and duplicating specimens of valuable wild fruit trees.

Karonda can occupy the space between a hedge and a fruit tree. Its dense growth makes it useful as a garden boundary, while its berries provide an additional attraction. The plant is also known for ...

In the Portland area, one nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes and distributes it to people in need. There's a lot of places where landowners grow more ...

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Gardeners may notice a familiar online nursery sporting a different name this season. Fast Growing Trees, the company that has delivered more than 23 million plants to over 3 million customers across ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In East Africa, many communities are experiencing both malnutrition and a loss of biodiversity due to deforestation. Despite this, tree-planting ...

When most people are done eating the sweet, juicy flesh of a watermelon, they toss the rind. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently added an official nutrition profile for watermelon ...