They may be pretty, but invasive shrubs crowd out native plants and ruin local ecosystems in your backyard. Keep these ...

The growing area in Lorton off Silverbrook Road welcomed two new restaurants in January as this Liberty Market area grows with the population in southern Fairfax County. In January, local officials ...

Get ready for your local Soil & Water Conservation District tree sale. Learn how to test your soil, protect seedlings from deer and choose the best species.

Fragrant flowers can help lift you out of the winter doldrums, according to Ed Sourdiffe, Master Gardener and Green Thumb Guru.

Trees and shrubs are being offered for sale for planting in spring 2026 include white oak, red oak, swamp white oak, burr oak, sugar maple, silver maple, red maple, white spruce, Colorado blue spruce, ...

Most think of shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants when it comes to succulents gardening ...

Hustisford School District has invited the Dodgeland, Horicon and Mayville school districts to attend a March 2 meeting, but ...

Invasive emerald ash borer populations also gained ground in 2025, migrating north to three new counties: Somerset, Waldo and Hancock. The metallic green, half-inch-long beetles fly under the radar ...

One activity I enjoy while standing next to a conifer is to rub my fingers across the needles, inhale the fragrance, and ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is urging woodland owners to consider adding conifers, such as pine, spruce, ...

Vast swathes of the country’s trees have been killed off by droughts and infestations, in a trend sweeping across Europe. A shift towards more biodiverse cultivation could offer answers Even the ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has investigated how these plant defenses ...