While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages. Back then, I ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

Did you know plants like flowers and vegetables need certain nutrients to grow, just like us? Let's learn about acids, bases and soil nutrients with Liani Yirka and Jason Holmes at Sarah P. Duke ...

There are always lots of things to learn as a gardener, and many of them can only be learned through doing—through actually getting out there and getting your hands dirty. But there are some things ...

Paddle canoes and kayaks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Wells Lake at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith. Educators will have canoes and kayaks, paddles and life ...

From flavoring food to making natural insect repellents, Painesville City Schools students recently got an up-close look at some of the ways that people use plants during the second week of the school ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...

MEHOOPANY, Pa. — It was out of the van and into the backyard for a group of children in Mehoopany. The field trip was organized by Northeast Sight Services and its partners. "We bring children who are ...

Holden Forests and Gardens recently launched Flora Finder, giving the public a new way to learn about plants at three of its properties. Holden Living Collections Curator Tom Arbour said users can ...