News and Other Articles That I've Found Interesting
Experts offer tips for creating a gorgeous native plant garden
Huitlacoche: The Mexican fungal delicacy that makes corn taste like a mushroom
Centuries After Their Loss and Theft, Native American Seeds Are Reuniting With Their Tribes
Mojave Desert fire in August destroyed the heart of a beloved Joshua tree forest
How to Make Clothing Dye With Your Excess Harvest
Man Spends 13 Years Transforming a Hedge into a Massive Dragon
The Therapeutic Power of Gardening
How Former Samurai and Farmers Cultivated the First Japanese Apples
A Plan to Grow 90,000 Trees in Los Angeles
UC Riverside researcher discovers first effective treatment for citrus-destroying disease
A Franken-Forest of Fruit Trees Is Growing on Governors Island
The Cherokee Chefs Bringing Back North America’s Lost Cuisine
Here’s What the Watermelon Was Up to Before It Tasted Good
In Mexico City, the Coronavirus Is Bringing Back Aztec-Era ‘Floating Gardens’
An Aerial Timelapse Captures One Million Begonias as They’re Woven Into an Ephemeral Tapestry
Barcelona Opera Reopens With An Audience Of Plants
Floyd Zaiger, prolific fruit breeder who brought new flavors to our lives, dies at 94
The History of Popcorn: How One Grain Became a Staple Snack
A History of Southern Food with Chef Kevin Mitchell
The Cherokee Chefs Bringing Back North America’s Lost Cuisine
The World's First Quiet Urban Park is Opening in Taipei, Taiwan
Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest Times. We Need Another Revival.
They build gardens for the rich and famous. And they still get stopped by the police
How to Plant a Home Garden and ‘Free the Seed’
Your spring garden is candy to pests. Stop them before they start munching
Could L.A.'s Farming Past Be Its Future?
Supercharge your plants with leftover eggshells by brewing ‘shell tea’
Most Farmers in the Great Plains Don’t Grow Fruits and Vegetables. The Pandemic is Changing That.
Join the Million Gardens Movement
Spring Swarms: Honey Bees, Termites, Ants
Heirloom Potato Varieties
Preserve Your Quarantine Nature Walks With a DIY Herbarium
Snack Wisely: Discover Heirloom Cherokee Popcorn
At Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s Garden Is Still Growing
These 7 Companies Ship Unique Seeds for Your Quarantine Garden
Rains fuel above-average Southern California wildflower bloom
DIY: Plant a victory garden now and grow your own groceries
10 pioneer-era apple varieties, thought extinct, found in Pacific Northwest
A Forest of Furniture Is Growing in England
10 things you can do to improve your home garden right now
Why Soviet Russia Named a Tomato After an American Celebrity
Cultivate Something Good – Your Garden and Your Well-Being
When the world feels scary, I want to garden. Here’s what to plant right now
The Five Best Urban Tree Leaves to Use as Toilet Paper
‘Botanical Sexism’ Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies
To build rich and beautiful soil, layer your yard with cardboard (seriously!)
The Dawn of American Plant Science Was Lost in a Botanist's Prolific Notes. You Can Help Digitize Them
How a Potato Is Fueling the Fight to Protect a National Monument
Planting for Pollinators
Is your tree on death’s door? Here’s how to tell
How often should you water your plants? When in doubt, check the soil
Certain plants are susceptible to pests. How to ID and end an infestation
The best soil for a thriving garden is water-absorbing and well-fed
On the Hunt for the Wild Relatives of America’s Favorite Produce
In the Noah’s Ark of citrus, caretakers try to stave off a fruit apocalypse
A Verdant Botanical Animation Takes a Macro View of Nature’s Cycles
Gourdlandia Is Truly a Gourd Place to Be
How to garden for bumblebees
Growing your own celery is easier than you think
‘Kiwi Queen’ Frieda Caplan, produce-industry pioneer, dies at 96
The Quiet Rescue of America’s Forgotten Fruit
New Crowdfarming Platform Looks to Help Sustainable Farmers
Venus Flytraps in Peril: Why Everyone's Favorite Carnivorous Houseplant Is Under Threat
70 Percent of the World’s Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia
What’s in a name? When it comes to fruit, economic and genetic forces have a major say
Where to Find California’s Only Native Palm Trees
The Last Floating Farms of Mexico City
Sam Van Aken's Tree of 40 Fruit Looks a Dr. Seuss Illustration, But It's Real
Copenhagen Wants You to Forage on Its City Streets
The Syuxtun Collective: Restoring Reciprocity with Health & Nature
The Conservationist Saving India’s Heirloom Rice Varieties
A Popular Benefit of Houseplants Is a Myth. The science is clear: Indoor vegetation doesn’t significantly remove pollutants from the air.
NASA Reveals A List Of The Best Air Purifying Plants For Your Home
A disease that could devastate citrus growers has reached San Bernardino County
Insect 'extinction event' will transform nature
L.A.’s free tree giveaway for yards and streets hopes to bring 90,000 new plantings
L.A. plans to plant 90,000 trees in two years. What can we learn from its oldest trees?
Where are L.A.'s oldest planted trees? In its first arboretum, hidden in plain sight
Plant extinction 'bad news for all species'
A Pirate Botanist Helped Bring Hot Chocolate to England
Move over, Honeycrisp: New Cosmic Crisp apple to debut at grocery stores
What's the Difference Between Yams and Sweet Potatoes?
If fire wipes out Joshua trees, other desert plants, this group has a plan
Scottish Singles Used to Spend Halloween Picking Kale. The leafy green once foretold the future.
Joshua trees are California icons. Should they also be designated threatened species?
Forestry sector scrambles to recruit tree planters to sow millions — perhaps billions — more seedlings
City and preschool may have reached farm stand resolution
These California native plants will attract birds and wildlife to your garden
Joshua Tree: How One Woman’s Work Preserved the Desert
How One California Farmer Built an Online Tool to Address Food Waste
Your 2019 fall foliage guide
Five Famous Trees to Visit Around SoCal
How One Boston Hospital Is Feeding Patients Through Its Rooftop Farm
Planting alternative backyard fruit trees in Southern California can help stop citrus threat
10 'Secret' Must-Visit Gardens in Southern California
14 Wondrous Fruits With Extraordinary Flavors
World's largest urban farm to open – on a Paris rooftop
Anxiety and depression: why doctors are prescribing gardening rather than drugs
Feast Your Eyes on These Delicate Glass Models of Decaying Fruit
Minnesota will pay homeowners to make their lawns bee-friendly
The uncertain fate of the San Fernando Valley’s last remaining commercial citrus grove
In Northern California, the Time Is Ripe for a Forgotten Apple’s Comeback
Tim Dundon, ‘Guru of Doo Doo,’ whose compost nourished Altadena’s gardens, dies at 77
Will we ever have to ask, ‘Where have all the flowers gone?’
Ethiopia Just Set the World Record for Most Trees Planted in a Day
With bitter foods, what you eat determines what you like to eat
Gum Drops and Candy Hearts are ... grape varieties?
How Dutch bus stops are helping bees
A History of School Gardens...And How the Model is Getting A Boost Today from Foodcorps
How Thoreau’s 19th-Century Observations Are Helping Shape Science Today
The Healing Power of Gardens: Oliver Sacks on the Psychological and Physiological Consolations of Nature
After 6-Year Battle, Florida Couple Wins The Right To Plant Veggies In Front Yard
We depend on pollinators
Behind the story: She was reporting on roses — and discovered her green thumb
Meet the Man on a Quest to Document Every Apple in North America
Why deep watering may be the answer to your garden woes
Why tiny microbes may be a big factor in how climate change unfolds
Beaver Dam Pepper
Plant Blindness: Why Scientists Who Know Nature Are Becoming an Endangered Species
Everything you didn’t even know you wanted to know about celery
How Seed Saving Is Repairing a Painful Past for Native Americans
Every Spring, An Idyllic Iranian Town Turns Fields of Roses Into Rose Water
San Marzano Tomatoes
Exploring the origins of the apple
‘Botanical Sexism’ Could Be Behind Your Seasonal Allergies
Tomatoes tasted much better 100 years ago. Can their flavor be restored?
Redlove Apple
Reinventing the Tomato for Survival in a Changing World
The one gardening mistake you can’t afford to make
California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon
How a Candy Craze Almost Wiped Out the Barrel Cactus
The Thorny Tale of America’s Favorite Botanist and His Spineless Cacti
15 Fascinating Facts About Honey Bees
To save the monarch butterfly, Mexican scientists are moving a forest 1,000 feet up a mountain
The bitter legal battle behind Georgia's sweet Vidalia onion
Arizona’s Most Unusual Cacti Have Their Own Fan Club
How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition
New invasive species found in Carlsbad, threatens to spread across Southwest
The farmer that saw his budding California tea farm go up in smoke
Vernal pools: Rains bring to life mini-ecosystem of button celery, Otay Mesa mint and fairy shrimp
California farmers and scientists race to combat a citrus disease infecting trees
The Promise and Perils of Resurrecting Native Americans’ Lost Crops
The Moroccan Food Forest That Inspired an Agricultural Revolution
Vienna's Unpredictable Vegetable Orchestra
6 serious facts about the playful-looking roly-poly
Albino Ghost Trees Shouldn't Exist - But They Do
10 Amazing Facts About Cherry Blossoms
Kale joins the ranks of the annual 'Dirty Dozen' pesticide list
El Pueblo plaza doesn’t need another tropical fig tree. Plant a native coast live oak
Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap?
Tulips Cost More Than Houses During Dutch "Tulip Mania"
The Life of a Historic Los Angeles Tree Comes to an End
In the middle of a butterfly crisis, California sees a burst of painted ladies
Are hummingbird feeders safe for the birds?
Leaf Blowers and Activism
Source of citrus' sour taste is identified
12 plants that repel unwanted insects
Researchers in England Are Criss-Crossing Cropland With Wildflowers
In Ancient Rome, Citrus Fruits Were Status Symbols
Science in the Field: Tracking Wild Bumblebees in the Sierra Nevada
A wildflower super bloom could be sprouting — if it keeps raining
Monarch Butterfly Grove
Mesmerizing Collages From Produce You Can’t Find in Supermarkets
Scientists improve on photosynthesis by genetically engineering plants
Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps
Why the black market for cacti and succulents is booming
The Eight Founder Crops and the Origins of Agriculture
A botanist criticized Tejon Ranch. So he got kicked out — along with 10,000 of his friends
15 things you didn't know about soil
How Giant, Intelligent Snails Became a Marker of Our Age
A Taste of Ancient Farming: Can food lovers save Mexico City’s nutrient-rich islands and the farmers who toil here?
Trying leafy greens from a sweet potato plant
Reviving the Lost Tradition of Cooking Flowers
Mexico City's garden-lined highway is thriving, but not without criticism
Bursts of Stylized Flowers by ‘Ouizi’ Transform Buildings Into Floral Canvases
When Cactus Destruction Is Imminent, These Rescuers Come Running
Beacon Food Forest: This edible park is open to any and all foragers.
Incredible Photos of Foods Growing (In Ways You’d Never Expect)
What a Gold Rush-era orchard could mean for the future of food
These California succulents are at the center of a massive smuggling ring
What’s the Origin of Jack-O’-Lanterns?
This Seed Bank Preserves Biodiversity by Opening Its Doors to Farmers
The Potato Whisperer
You Can Find Clones of Isaac Newton's Apple All Over The World
The Global Potato: Food Futures of the Past
Santos Museum of Economic Botany
What's Going On With the Monarchs?
Under Increasing Economic Pressure, US Farmers Seek Change in Next Farm Bill
Edible weeds rival kale for nutrition
How England Got Its Curvy Cucumbers Straightened Out
Urban farmers haven't given up in their fight to protect a South L.A. site from development
Saving Mexico's Heirloom Corn With Gorgeous Furniture
Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Research Institute
How to Keep Plants Alive in This Blistering Summer Heat
Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles?
The Gnarled History of Los Angeles's Vineyards
City Life Gives Bees A Better Buzz (it's in Spanish - click on the box offering to translate)
15 Fascinating Facts About Honey Bees
Why Is A 'Pepper' Different From "Pepper'? Blame Christopher Columbus
Meet the ‘Citrus Archaeologist’ Who Rediscovered Dozens of Ancient Plants
The thrill of finding Steinbeck's magical lily on a botany outing to California's Central Coast
Don't be afraid: You can grow strawberries at home
America's Greatest Horticulturist Left Behind a Plum Mystery
10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Superstar Dutch Designer Piet Oudolf
A Grass-Roots Movement For Healthy Soil Spreads Among Farmers
Ground-Breaking Discovery Made in Preventing Devastating Citrus Disease
Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End
How your garden springs to life at night
Why Do Leaves Change Color In the Fall?
LA's Palm Trees Are Dying and Changing the City's Famous Skyline
America's largest urban farm takes root in Pittsburgh
Caterpillars eat plastic bags
Avid gardeners know there’s still plenty to do during the winter
Science explains why refrigerators sap the flavor from ripe tomatoes
Behind the Monsanto Deal, Doubts About the GMO Revolution
Watch sunflowers dance under the sun (seriously)
It's 90 degrees in the shade - have you watered that tree?
The Dry Garden: In the Backyard with Yvonne Savio
Don't Gravelscape LA by Mia Lehrer
Scientists have discovered that living near trees is good for your health
How soils form and age
A 17th-Century Stanchi Painting Reveals the Rapid Change in Watermelons through Selective Breeding
Mexican Cactus, Chinese Ginger Top List of Pesticide-Laced Produce
Dealing With Mandatory Water Restrictions
9%: Perspective on the California drought and landscape water use
Forage in the Garden, Not in What’s Left of the Wild
Solutions to Top 5 Tomato Problems
How Trees Talk to Each Other