Friday will be the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere, essentially kicking off the summer season.

The June solstice will bring us the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer. Here's when and what to know about summer solstice.

Every spring, for as long as I can remember, my beloved and I have planted flowers. Over the years, I’ve killed a lot so I ...

Thursday marked the opening day of the Spring Lake Farmers Market at Tanglefoot Park. This year’s market features vendors ...

Kanmara is a Hydrangea macrophylla (big leaf hydrangea). It produces large mophead blooms in pink or white. It is not hardy ...

The growers and owners of the luscious plot of land are the Okuis — a Japanese-American family with roots in the area dating ...

What are the first insects that come to mind when you think of nighttime? Are they fireflies? Mosquitoes? Moths? Something else? While Illinois Extension gears up for Pollinator Week, taking ...

In my humble opinion, every plant lover should spend a day or two going through the ... Getting back to the flowers of spring, legumes take the most prominent place in the pantheon of this season ...

I know swans are on the move, though, so they’ll be joined by their cousins returning from their Gulf of Mexico vacation any day now ... catkins, the first flowers of the new year.

When is National Flower Day? National Flower Day is on March 21 every year despite the vernal equinox, which marks the first day of Spring, shifting yearly, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

The sun is shining, and the flowers are blooming—signs that a new season has arrived. The world experiences multiple seasons—Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter—at different times throughout ...