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If You Plant Milkweed, They Will Come. (And Not Just the Butterflies.)

How Do You Create a Container Garden? Start Here.

Long Live the Fireflies (and the Wildflowers and Mosquitoes, Too)

There’s a Reason Those Tropical Plants Look Good Enough to Eat

How to Give Thanks in a Screwed-Up World

Garden Varieties

The Search Is on for Mysterious Banana Ancestors

The Deep Roots of Weleda’s Skin Food

Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum Is Looking Toward the Next 150 Years

Why Some of Your Annuals Should Be Native Plants

Helping Very Hungry Caterpillars Become Butterflies — It’s Complicated

Why Boxwood, a Perennial Favorite, Needs a New Approach

Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns)

Inside a Terrarium, It’s Always Gardening Season

Inside a Terrarium, It’s Always Gardening Season

The Earth Is Still Breathing, and So Am I

If You Think You Know What a Fern Is, Think Again

Are There More Tulips Than Usual This Year?

One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt

We Are a Nation of Immigrants. Our Ecosystems Shouldn’t Be.