We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tomatoes are a top crop in many home gardens. Whether you can them, stew them, or pop a cherry tomato in your mouth straight from the vine, ...

As the weather warms and daylight hours lengthen, it is time to turn our attention to the vegetable garden. In my decades as a professional gardener, I've come to know that many common veggies may be ...

Are we there yet? Like eager kids, gardeners have been asking local nurseries for starts of favorite tropicals since March. Where’s the basil? Why don’t you have any tomato plants? Ironically, these ...

Before COVID, Arizona state Sen. Mitzi Epstein visited a classroom of third graders and tried to explain her job as a legislator. "I said to them that one of the things I’d love to do was plant trees ...

If you are like me, you are scrambling to obtain the right tomato selections to plant in the garden or in containers to ride out this heat and produce fruit before cold weather arrives. If the cold ...

Gardeners often get the bug from messing around in the dirt as kids. You can encourage your kiddos' green thumbs with these easy projects that are sure to delight them. For your kids' indoor or ...

I feel like spring is slipping away from me; a few of my gardens are still under leaves. At least my cool-season vegetables are planted and the onions are ready for their first fertilizer of the year.

Trees take top billing for the tallest plants on Earth, but their unassuming start as a little seed leaves a lot of questions! Let's take a look at what gets you from that seed to a full-grown tree in ...

Is it too late to plant tomato and pepper plants? No, it is not too late for these plants to produce a good crop, since we are only a few weeks past the usual planting time. Many plant by Mother's Day ...

For more than a decade, visitors say the Children’s Garden at Elysian Park was a shady showcase for indigenous plants, with dense stands of mature native trees and shrubs lining the paths of the ...

Families enjoyed the clear skies on Sunday at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden (SLOBG), where organizers hosted a free family day filled with nature-themed activities. During the garden's ...