Now, after several years working as a professional gardener, I have planted all sorts of grasses, but I remain a little in awe of the shade-tolerant Japanese forest grass, or Hako ...

If you're looking to create a low-maintenance, self-sustaining ecosystem in your backyard with edible plants, then forest garden ideas could be something to consider. Especially if your space is ...

Plant a pocket forrest with densely packed native trees and shrubs to create a tiny forest in the space you might think you can fit just one tree. Add shade, water absorption, and native habitat ...

Food forests use every inch of soil and sunlight to create a closed-loop sustainable system for growing your favorite foods.

Biodiversity isn’t just about what’s growing in the forest, but also how it’s growing. Forests with a wide range of tree ...

The Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin shares advice about growing magnolias from seed, controlling crape myrtle growth and planting Beautyberry shrubs.

The Edgewater Food Forest in Mattapan is a formerly vacant lot now filled with fruit trees and berry bushes. Anyone in the community can harvest food for free.

If you walk through a forest and look down, you might think you're stepping on dead leaves, twigs and soil. In reality, ...

Poodle-dog bush, a pretty but dangerous plant, is growing in parts of the Angeles National Forest hit by recent wildfires. Hairs covering the stems, leaves and flowers have glands that secrete a ...

Most plants in a food forest are perennials, meaning they produce food year after year without needing to be replanted.

Love flowers but think your garden doesn't get enough sun? Here are a few shade flowers that grow happily despite lack of abundant direct sunlight.

We visited a very unique community garden in Virginia, MN called a Food Forest. A food forest is a large perennial garden made up of edible plants, bushes and trees ...