Humans make stuff up—including the names and classifications of living things. But those categories are still useful. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how taxonomy and systematics ...

This is the time of the year for planning! Whether it is the garden, the yard, flower beds, shrubbery, perennials, you name it, the spring itch has hit in a big way. Catalogs are coming to fuel our ...

Wellbeing has been an increasingly prominent theme at the Chelsea Flower Show in recent years as more research emerges around the huge positive impact of gardening, plants, and nature more widely on ...

While instructions for spacing plants in your garden are typically on their packaging, spacing plants in your home is less ...

A "straight species" is a native plant in its original, wild form, while a "cultivar" is bred by humans for specific traits. Gardeners should consider a native plant's original environment to ensure ...

The Downtown Melbourne Botanical Fest will be held on Saturday, April 12, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The festival features approximately 60 vendors selling plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, garden ...

A high-tech greenhouse brings fresh produce to Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet in Canada’s Arctic whose residents have little experience growing plants. Strawberries grown in converted shipping containers ...