"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A wildflower garden is a low-maintenance, eco-friendly way to add beauty to your yard while supporting ...

Question: I put in a wildflower feed plot for the song birds 3 years ago. We prepared the bed by first using Round Up to kill all the grass then lightly tilled to scratch the surface and planted the ...

Tired of your boring old lawn? Need a little pollination in your life? Why not try planting your own wildflower meadow, if not for yourself, then at least for the birds and the bees. Meadows are not ...

When you care for a piece of land, you want to do the right thing by it. Whether your land is measured in square feet or acres, one very right option is to deck it out with wildflowers — ...

A sprawling suburban park has been enhanced with colorful blossoms that will bloom throughout much of the spring, summer and fall. Chester County Department of Parks and Preservation has planted a new ...

Planting a wildflower meadow is a favorite daydream among gardeners and nature lovers. Just the words “wildflower meadow” summon a mental picture of colorful blooms waving in the wind, fluttering ...

Winter is a rich time for outdoor observations. Last Sunday, I joined the St. Augustine Shores Wildflower Meadow volunteers to do a bit of preparation in the meadow for next year's blooms. Two thirds ...

This Vermont couple wasn’t wild about mowing, but they were about flowers. Jonathan Yacko, 36, and Natalie Gilliard, 34, of Chittenden, grew tired of taking all day to mow their 5.5-acre property, so ...

Husband and wife Jonathan Yacko and Natalie Gilliard grew up on Long Island. They moved to Chittenden, Vermont in 2019. They loved their big new yard but hated all the mowing. “To be honest, it was ...

In 2015, University of Washington biologist Elli Theobald and her fellow researchers caught a glimpse of the future. "The climate conditions in that year happened to mimic what we expect the climate ...