These low-growing plants look beautiful and taste delicious. Orest Lyzhechka / Getty Images Ground covers have many benefits in the landscape—they can choke out weeds, control erosion on slopes, fill ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tree planting is widely promoted as a solution to challenges ranging from climate change to biodiversity loss, desertification, and more. One ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...

After plunging a spade into a patch of soil, Lynn Landes jumps on it several times, landing her full weight on it each time to drive it deep into the soil. Determined, she begins to wedge a burdock ...

Each year, the U.S. throws away between 30% and 40% of the food produced for human consumption (over $161 billion worth). Roughly 20% of the total volume of waste sent to landfills is food. If you ...

Culinary preparations with leafy greens not only up the taste quotient but also provide minerals, iron, and immunity-boosting nutrient. Besides spinach, mustard greens, cabbage, curry, and coriander ...

Yes, it's actually possible to create beautiful commercial landscapes that contain nothing but edible plants. For residential gardens, it's even easier. Here's a menu of great landscape plants that ...