Fall is the season most of us associate with winding down and settling in as the air turns crisp and the days become shorter. However, this season can also be one of the most transformative, ...

Identify your plant hardiness zone with help from our garden experts. Even if you're a gardening novice, you've likely heard the term "gardening zones." This refers to the United States Department of ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

Monday, Sept. 22, is the official start of fall 2025, that waypoint in the calendar year when our day and night length is equal as we tread toward winter. For gardeners, it signals cooling ...

It's tempting to tidy up the garden in fall, but the birds and insects would prefer otherwise. Many insects spend the winter hibernating in hollow stems, while birds feast on seeds from coneflowers, ...

Just because the leaves may start changing colors soon in some regions does not mean that September has to be the end of your planting season. In fact, there are plenty of fall and spring plants that ...

When I sit down to write these articles in the fall, I always get the feeling that what I write about needs to be inspirational. Then, as I wrote that, it seems a bit dramatic. Now I am asking myself, ...