These low-growing plants look beautiful and taste delicious. Orest Lyzhechka / Getty Images Ground covers have many benefits in the landscape—they can choke out weeds, control erosion on slopes, fill ...

Like a lot of people who first find themselves interested in plants, my daughter especially loves to learn about plants she can eat. In our garden, she loves mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) and ...

If you’re interested in giving foraging a go, it’s important to study up before popping a bushberry in your mouth. Needless to say, some things growing in the woods can be poi ...

Which edible gold leaf is best? Looking to take your party food to the next level of sophistication? Edible gold leaf is the perfect finishing touch to add to your cupcakes, cakes or desserts and ...

My friend Ruth asked me how to plant edibles. My first response was “Plant them just like ornamentals starting with soil ...

An immaculate green lawn looks tidy, predictable, and strangely expensive. That quiet hum of a lawnmower on a Saturday ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...