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Volunteers were out bright and early Wednesday morning along the Harbor Marsh coastline in the Palo Alto Baylands, joining an effort to build a nature-based buffer designed to absorb storm surges and ...

You’ve probably passed through Visalia on your way to visit General Sherman but the "gateway to the Sequoias" is a worthy ...

Community members came together to plant two new pollinator gardens in Del Mar Mesa this month, one at Elizabeth Rabbitt Park and another along the trail off Carmel Country Road near Gallop Crest ...

"I love them." Gardener shares stunning before-and-after photos of yard transformation after rainstorm: 'Never died' first ...

Ganna Walska Lotusland, known for its world-class plant collections and leadership in sustainable horticulture, has completed the first phase of targeted ...

In late 2024, a tagged monarch named Lionel migrated from New Jersey to Florida, logging thousands of detections along the ...

New plans for Richmond, Virginina, and Lexington, Kentucky, join Wild Ones' 23 ecoregion-specific native garden designs.

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RESIDENTS love their trees — that’s probably why the county has an ordinance in place to protect and ...

Some say it just isn’t Christmas without the poinsettia, a colorful addition to the holiday season. Outside of his native state, the flower’s namesake has been lost to history.

Earlier this year, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released draft text in advance of formally ...