Forest gardens are designed around layers of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground cover plants used in such a way it reflects the look and feel of a natural forest. They are designed to be a diverse, ...

Forming an intimate connection with my forest garden and seeing how it changes over time has taught me a lot. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Imagine your backyard as a lush habitat of flowering and fruiting trees, shrubs, groundcovers, and vines made vibrant with the sights and sounds of buzzing insects, butterflies, hummingbirds, and ...

Imagine a garden that produces fruits, nuts, seeds, salads, herbs and mushrooms. Sounds good. What if that garden also rewarded you with spices, basketry materials, medicinal plants, soap plants, dye ...

Creating a garden in an overgrown acreage can be an awesome task. Creating gardens and a Zen Forest would be even more daunting. But George Klasson and Jane Bourgeois knew they could make a tranquil ...

My goal was to plant a few fruit trees in a sheltered spot on the south side of my home. That led to an interest in orchards and then to forest gardens and the symbiotic relationships of plants. Of ...

On an overcast Saturday morning, staff and volunteers gathered at the Early Learning Center and Laboratory Preschool, both located on the University of Delaware’s Children’s Campus. With shovels and ...

Peggy Petitmermet has always been sensitive to the danger ofwildfires. But when the Harmony Grove fire threatened her and herhusband’s Elfin Forest home 10 years ago, she returned to gardeningwith a ...

Four yards in the northwest Champion Forest area are presented for touring on Sunday, April 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. by the Champion Forest Garden Club. This year’s backyard garden tour includes a wide ...

A couple of streets away from the usual high-street coffee shop chains in the centre of Reading in Berkshire, lies the RISC café. Delicious refreshment awaits. As I sip, I glance up from my cup and ...