A few years ago I was having coffee with my two sisters-in-law at a family gathering in North Carolina. Both of them had recently built new houses...
’Tis the season of mistletoe, sort of. Mistletoe is evergreen, meaning it’s present year-round. However, winter is the season when we think about...
In keeping with my New Years resolution to focus some more attention on the plants that live around us I decided to look for a list that I was...
The Greenfield Farmers’ Market this season included a vendor offering two categories for sale: succulent plants and ceramics.With a table and beach...
When I’m perusing catalogs offering bulbs for spring flowers, I usually jump right to the pages of boldly colored tulips and narcissi. I skip over...
I’ve been brushing up on my Italian this summer, and one word that keeps popping up in the Italian press is “sicitta.” It means drought. We’re not...
For Jocelyn Demuth, bidding farewell to a dear friend led indirectly to an unexpected passion for native plants.At the time, Demuth and her husband...
In 2015, a friend told Wisty Rorabacher about an astonishing sight at the Green River recreational area and urged her to go check it out. There...
The end of a New England winter is often accompanied by malaise. Our world’s pandemic stressors, environmental crises, and heartbreaking war images...
After the houseplant heyday of the 1970s, the penchant for potted green companions faded with all but the most dedicated plant parents. But over...
SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers will host its iconic spring plant sale on Saturday, May 15, and while the bridge won’t be open to the...
WHATELY — The country’s first plant conservation organization is bringing more botanical education to the Pioneer Valley, returning to Nasami Farm...