A cluster of home gardeners walked into a wild meadow on Mount Ashland in early July, following in the footsteps of native plant expert Suzie Savoie. Their goal: Low-maintenance landscape inspiration.

Welcoming wildlife into a small, urban, outdoor space can seem tricky at first. For those with just a balcony or courtyard to work with, you can't just dig into soil to make a pollinator-friendly ...

Over the years, I’ve become a strong advocate for replacing unnecessary expanses of lawn with native meadows. I understand the desire to keep a play space for children and a space for outdoor ...

There’s something undeniably enticing about a meadow. Homeowners fantasizing about bidding lawn care adieu might see an expanse of flowering plants and grass plumes as an ecologically sound — and ...

The current landscape movement toward native plants and pollinator-aiding has a fair chunk of the gardening public replacing lawn space with seed-planted meadows. But not everyone (or their neighbors) ...

Monarda, Monarda fistulosa, often called wild bergamot or bee balm, is a native North American plant that is now found in gardens all over the world. Here in our area, groups of the plants can be seen ...

A sprawling suburban park has been enhanced with colorful blossoms that will bloom throughout much of the spring, summer and fall. Chester County Department of Parks and Preservation has planted a new ...

The Pennsylvania Governor’s Invasive Species Council highlighted the importance of the Shapiro administration’s investments ...

All she wanted was a meadow. About five years ago, her nest newly empty and her schedule freer than it had been in decades, Paula Whyman began reading books about backyard conservation, starring ...

Sunken Meadow State Park was abuzz on Saturday for the Pollinator Festival, a state-led effort to educate Long Islanders about the importance of bees, birds and native plants. Honeybees hummed in ...