Here are some grasses that handle wet winters and dry summers with relative ease, while adding year-round interest and texture.

Republican Councilman Dennis Hancock said county inspectors have complained about the law that protects ecologically friendly ...

Bringing more birds into your garden does more than just add color and song. It creates a sense of liveliness and peace, ...

Today’s column introduces guidelines for year-round gardening for herbaceous perennial plants that are native to a ...

Favignana, off the west coast of Sicily, is known for its stone quarries, clear waters and fabled fish. A writer explores by ...

Forming a naturally cohesive design, matrix planting has several benefits. To start with, matrix planting focuses on growing plants more closely together than other designs, reducing the use of wood ...

My history instructor at College of DuPage had previously taught in California, but moved back to Illinois. As a 19-year-old ...

The Ventura River Rail Trail and Ojai Valley Trail are two wonderful, combined trails for runners, hikers, skateboarders and cyclists.

If used for preserving or candying, the rhizomes should be dug while tender and succulent, rather than when old, tough and ...

This long dry season calls for a portfolio approach, hedging your bets rather than root-and-branch restructuring ...

A proposal to install historic interpretive signs at a museum and park combination near the west end of Upper Canyon Road turned controversial Thursday, with residents attending a public meeting ...

It took until the last room of her exhibition for me to gain any real understanding of the work of Australian Aboriginal ...