FINDERS, EATERS

Amid a growing interest in foraifin gardeners can find an easy entrance

Green means Go!

IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING about five years ago, and I was driving to Home Depot to buy a new toilet seat. I was feeling pretty blue. I was feeling tired, old and fat, but mostly fat, because I had just broken a toilet seat. And I was thinking how much harder things were getting-things like remembering, and picking stuff up.

THE PERIL OF SELF-POLLINATION

Study highlights the importance of bumblebees in maintaining plants’ genetic variation

DON’T PLANT IT!

Closing in on 50 years in his garden, Greg Coppa shares 10 botanical regrets plus 1 maybe”)

IT'S ELEMENTARY

A GROUP EFFORT CREATES — AND SUSTAINS — THE ULTIMATE SCHOOL GARDEN

UP AND COMERS PART 1

2023 PROMISES EXCITING NEW FLOWERING SHRUBS AND SUN PERENNIALS

The Beaut of "And”

A Minnesota gardener shows it's possible to combine permaculture principles with ornamental horticulture

EMERALDS of the ROUGH

North America's woods and fields provide lovely alternatives to our most ubiquitous and problematic evergreen shrubs

CLAUDIA WEST

Rebuilding abundance through innovative planting design

A Park for All

Brooklyn Bridge Park provides a natural respite for city folk and wildlife alike

OUR WEEDY SECRET

PLANT, OR A WEED? Weed, or a plant? The crown jewel of all things that confound gardeners. Winter is just long enough that many of us forget about half of what we're growing. Along comes spring and a million plants rear their little heads from underground. We're suddenly tasked with trying to sort friend from foe.

PLANTS WE LOVE

Fall's gold

THIS AND THAT

Greg Coppa shares another batch of homegrown tips

Rosie Cuts the Lawn

ONE COUPLE'S ADVENTURES IN ROBOTIC MOWING

FALL IN! - HORTICULTURE'S GUIDE TO FALL GARDEN TASKS

When summer's heat begins to recede, it's time to take up our tools and make the best of the rest of the gardening year. Tackle those tasks with this review of frequent questions and favorite advice pertaining to autumn.

COPING with CLIMATE CHANGE

HOW IT AFFECTS GARDENS, AND HOW WE CAN RESPOND

COAST -to- COAST FLIGHT

TAKE A TOUR OF CIVIC PROGRAMS PROMOTING AND PROTECTING POLLINATORS FROM SEATTLE TO NEW YORK

KEYED IN

SPACE- AND CLIMATE-CHALLENGED GARDENERS FIND A KEYHOLE GARDEN UNLOCKS NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR GROWING FOOD

PANAYOTI KELAIDIS

Rocking on!

DON'T LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

A recent study found that nighttime artificial light may interfere with fall monarch migration

STRONG TO THE FINISH

Five favorite spinaches to plant for fall and winter harvest, plus more tips and tasks for autumn

LEARNING FROM THE PAST

In this time of supply-chain and climate worries, we can find solutions - and solace - in ancient knowledge

PERFECT IMPERFECTION

We strive for a certain aesthetic, but in nature’s view weeds and insect damage are part and parcel of beauty