Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This 2009 image provided by Bugwood.org shows two Amelanchier canadensis Canadian serviceberry trees. (Richard Webb/Bugwood.org ...

Digger wasps enjoying swamp milkweed in the yard of state botanist Grace Glynn. Courtesy of Grace Glynn Grace Glynn said she’s still haunted by the barberry hedges she ripped out when she moved into ...

Local gardener Elise Howard joined GBH's Morning Edition to talk about some native swaps that you can make to have a more ...

I love what Xilin Zhang is doing by turning her lawn into a native plant garden in New Hyde Park [“On LI, native gardens grow despite hurdles,” News, July 21]. But I am outraged the village threatened ...

Winters were brutal throughout most of New England inf Colonial America. It snowed a lot, often into spring, and there were no radiators (or antibiotics). Many settlers didn’t survive the season, but ...