Learn about these benefits of adding native plants to your yard at Native Plants for the Garden later this month in Lathrup ...

"To the uninformed eye, there is no difference." Landscaper raises eyebrows online with video of often misunderstood yard ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.

A Rain Garden or "bioretention basin" is a vegetated depression in an urban landscape that collects, treats, and recharges storm water into the ground. Because it is a garden as much as it is a ...

Rain gardens are planted with native or well adapted plant species that can tolerate both wet and dry conditions and have deep roots that promote water infiltration. Water should drain completely ...

Homeowners often select native plants to grow in their rain gardens. Indiana native plant species are commonly grown in rain gardens because of their adaptation to the local climate, soils, and many ...

Marilynn Torkelson was a traditional gardener who filled her yard with lush ornamental plants. Then she attended a rain garden workshop and learned about the impact of lawns and ...

The leader of a local movement that promotes cultivation of native greenery has volunteered to replant rain gardens in two Logan Township parks — an offer that found favor with the township ...

Winter sowing gives seeds the chilling period (stratification) they need to break dormancy and germinate. Seeds sown into ...

pollinator gardens, prairie, native grasslands, woodland, wetland, rain gardens or shorelines. It is the second year the local Wild Ones chapter is awarding grants. Native plants provide nectar ...

and favorite varieties of native wildflowers, shrubs, and grasses for all growing conditions, including drought-tolerant, rain garden, and shade species. When the online native plant sale is open, ...

For Cheryle Gannaway of Prior Lake, there really was no way of maintaining the grass on hill on the side of her home. The grass was becoming the “pet” she didn’t want – ...