In the face of rising global temperatures and climate change, gardeners and homeowners are increasingly looking at ways of making their gardens more sustainable. From drought-tolerant planting to ...

Forests are vital to the health of our planet and provide numerous ecological, economic, and social resources. When people think of a forest, they envision a large area of land primarily consisting of ...

If you are looking to harvest more homegrown food in your garden, why not take a note from nature and grow like a forest? In the wild, plants grow in complimentary layers to maximize space and ...

Food forests act like a forest of trees with layers of crops from a canopy of fruit trees down to root crops like sweet potatoes. Question: I am very interested in growing a food forest; however, our ...

What perennials can I plant around my vegetable garden to attract pollinators? Native species would be a plus. Some of the best perennials for attracting pollinators include bee balm, coneflowers, ...

We left our city lives behind and moved to the top of a mountain in Spain to live off-grid. After spending 2 years renovating an ancient stone house and restoring the abandoned land, we are focusing ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X URI intern Allie Douma with volunteer Brandon Doyle, prepping a tree for planting. Credit: Sonia ...

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – A 19,000-square-foot food forest is taking root in Goose Creek as city officials and residents prepare to cultivate a new kind of green space, one filled with edible plants.

It’s not easy to convince a room full of first graders to try broccoli sprouts, but Matt Zuk did just that on a recent Friday morning. As founding CEO of Terroir Designs, Zuk has partnered with Penn ...

Summerville marked its 44th year as a Tree City USA with an Arbor Day ceremony at Wassamassaw Community Park, featuring a ...

You can find them in almost every neighborhood – a pop of green among the city buildings where people gather to plant, weed and chat inside fenced-off gardens. With close to 200 community and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A public food forest near Lady Bird Lake is growing. The planning phase of the Festival Beach Food Forest expansion finished in June, and the second phase is underway. The ...