We all know that any kind of gardening is good for your health, whether growing vegetables or ornamental flowers. But did you also know that growing a garden can be good for the health of your entire ...

Spring has just begun, and if you have a green thumb, you might be looking forward to your yearly gardening activities. As temperatures get warmer and the skies get sunnier, many critters will be out ...

SAN ANTONIO – We are in peak butterfly season for residential and migrating butterflies. If you want to see butterflies of all kinds in your garden, you have to plant for them. I love the fall because ...

If your garden is bursting with zinnia, coneflower, black-eyed Susan, bee balm, butterfly bush, milkweed, or lantana blooms, you likely see butterflies flitting around regularly from spring through ...

Georgia Parkinson Hill is a horticulturist, garden designer, and owner of the native landscape design firm Beautyberry Gardens in Atlanta, Georgia. Why Are Butterfly Bushes Bad? In addition to ...

One mistake rookie pollinator gardeners often make is panicking at the sight of holes in those new-plant leaves, then reaching for the sprayer. Bad idea. The source of those spring-time holes is ...

The monarch butterfly, perhaps the most recognizable butterfly in North America, is in trouble: since the mid-1990s, their population has declined 90 percent from its 20-year average, and their ...

One of the most recognizable and widely dispersed insects in North America may soon be headed for protections under the Endangered Species Act. In early December, federal wildlife officials will ...