ARVADA, Colo. — Walking through her home garden, Chef Andrea Condes points out the plants she most enjoys cooking with – fruits and vegetables indigenous to the Americas. “This is abuela, our ...

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Nibley • Inside Logan Canyon, hikers often walk past camas flowers, serviceberries and balsamroot — plants that once sustained the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. “It was our grocery store,” ...

Columnist: Native plants and rain gardens can help Michigan yards reduce erosion, absorb stormwater and protect lakes and ...

A large, new garden space for both student and community use is coming to Washington State University Vancouver’s campus. “They say to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow,” said Tanna Engdahl, ...

When the Gorman Museum of Native American Art relocated to a space adjacent to the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in 2023, a seed was planted. Why not include Indigenous California plants ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — The city of Murfreesboro has launched an effort to bring more native plants back to town through the Murfreesboro Indigenous Project. Their most recent project can be ...

Spring has finally sprung in the Berkshires, but not all plants are meant to flower here. This exclusive article with ...

One of the easiest ways to learn about California native plants is volunteering to get your hands dirty. There are numerous nonprofit organizations devoted to protecting and/or restoring habitat in ...

Native plants aren't just good for birds and bees. They also make the land more resilient to the effects of climate change and can even help prevent it. But cities and homeowners associations don't ...