Puerto Rico’s Home Garden Recovery

Edrick Marrero, a University of Puerto Rico horticulture extension agent, is helping develop a Master Gardener program on the island.

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Color Coronation: Monarch Milking Tropical Milkweed

The tropical milkweed in my garden are plants grown from starts provided at giveaway at a farmers market in Washington, D.C. in May 2017. (See, Catering To Monarchs In DuPont Circle)

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Rockville: Gardening Under Threat Of Heavy Downpour

It’s easy to get lost in the mesmerizing hues of the ancient stone faces. Zion National Park is a neighbor. But between rocks is a hard place to garden and the sound of thunder might mean something other than rain.

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A National Park’s High Desert Orchard Struggle

“I would call it a wild system to a certain degree.”

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Garden Azimuth: Appalachia

In southeastern Kentucky, coal mining and its artifacts are never far out of sight. And, tough as the terrain is, nor are gardens.

Utah’s Accidental Roadside Sunflowers

Speed limit signs that reach 80 mph aren’t the only exhilarants that pop up on the edge of Utah’s highways.

Gardenscape: A Trellis Disaggregated

It was piled by the curb, a 16-piece sectional steel trellis ready for bulk trash collection. I passed it by several times while walking through the neighborhood. I didn’t think I had room anywhere in my garden for a big trellis. The structure was heavy, too. But the attraction outweighed all other considerations. After a…

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Attorney Defends Fruit Trees With Armor

Protecting fruit trees from squirrels at a home garden in Washington, D.C., called for a special kind of mettle.

Foxhall Village Cherry Trees Spared Ax

Bedroom Arugula Sparks

Arugula awakening at breakfast.

Yoshino Shadow: A Famous Cherry Tree’s Cloaked Origin

Beholding the the Yoshino cherry tree’s beauty on the rim of Washington, D.C.’s Tidal Basin is easier than determining from whence it came.