Forest gardens are designed around layers of trees, shrubs, perennials and ground cover plants used in such a way it reflects the look and feel of a natural forest. They are designed to be a diverse, ...

In short: more carbon in the air does not guarantee more carbon in the wood. Between those two lies a living network of ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

For more than a century, scientists treated forests as collections of individual trees responding in parallel to the same ...

Anyone seeing a white jacaranda (Jacaranda puberula), also known as caroba, blooming in the sandbank forest might assume that ...

If you are looking to harvest more homegrown food in your garden, why not take a note from nature and grow like a forest? In the wild, plants grow in complimentary layers to maximize space and ...

Many plants rely on animals to reproduce, regenerate and spread. But the current sixth mass extinction is wiping out seed-dispersing wildlife that fill this role, altering entire ecosystems. Thousands ...

Plants are often attributed with abilities similar to those known in the animal or human world. Trees are said to have feelings and can therefore care for their offspring, like mothers. Researchers ...

The perfectly manicured lawn can be a neighborhood source of envy. But the leafless yard and immaculately groomed flower beds are consuming space needed for all manner of wildlife. Native plant ...

The March 2025 ice storm in northeastern Lower Michigan was impactful. Many residents were forced to leave the area until power was restored. Access to properties was hampered for months. Chainsaws ...

Avoid these six invasive trees that harm native ecosystems and create long-term problems in Southern yards. Learn what not to ...