Kimball, president of the native plant society, give a garden tour to IndyStar on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Westfield, Ind.

Fireflies need more than darkness to thrive. And, happily, this cheerful native flower helps create the kind of ...

Native gardens are having a moment, and for good reason. As more and more homeowners look for sustainable, low-maintenance ways to landscape their yards, planting with purpose has become a growing ...

The environmental benefits of adding native plants to yards and gardens are abundant, such as supporting local birds and butterflies, but many people might look across their lawns and not know where ...

In honor of Pride Month, gardeners are sharing their favorite native perennials to plant to create a rainbow garden.

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

So you’ve torn out your lawn and created a native plant garden to conserve water and restore habitat for struggling birds and insects. But summer is approaching, many of your beautiful plants are ...

Ah, fall. The air becomes crisp. School starts. And gardeners reach for shovels, especially those who add native plants to their landscape. Taking advantage of the rainy season when native plants ...

Late spring show blooms at Garden in the Woods. Horticulturalist David Fulk points out some of his perennial favorites that are native to Massachusetts. This is *** sheep laurel, *** plant that ...

Native plants are having a moment and there is no better time to take advantage of their benefits.

Native grasses, flowers and shrubs can grow big, wild and unruly, but in suburbia, they create critical micro-habitats to ...