Gardening

The Callery pear’s flowers stank, its branches flew off in the wind, and it had a nasty habit of spreading to where it wasn’t wanted. Now it’s being banned in some states as an invasive species.

Kwani Lunis talks to Ashley Nussman-Berry, the founder of the “Black Planters,” about why she created a online community for people of color who enjoy gardening.

Students at George Washington University hired sheep to mow the grass at their community garden for some natural lawn care.

Are your house plants starting to have the winter blues? Some tips to help those plants stay green and lush this season.

Landscape design expert and HGTV Star Chris Lambton shares tips on how to decorate your yard for fall AND when to prepare for a beautiful spring.

Landscape expert Chris Lambton spells out a timeline for how you can guarantee a colorful yard next spring with some careful planning now.

It was definitely not the year of the picture-perfect lush lawn. Heat waves, a drought and town water bans resulted in acres of dry, brown, dead grass. “I can’t remember any other year, like this year,” said Peter Mezitt, president of Weston Nurseries in Massachusetts. “We had droughts in 2020 and in 2016, but this one was definitely worse because it…

One of the recurring memories Jesse Aleman has of his 22-year career as a concrete finisher is when he was pouring concrete on a road in California. “Every time we’re digging a hole, ‘sucks to be you!” The Moreno Valley, Calif., man is referring to what drivers would shout as they passed him and his fellow orange vests on...

Jesse Aleman’s job as a concrete pourer was affecting his mental health. So he made a big change: He quit his job and started selling plants from a street cart. And he achieved viral TikTok fame in the process.

The residents of Scituate, Massachusetts, are banned from using nonessential water outside after a failure at a treatment plant and amid high summer demand, the city said. The ban is apparently indefinite — the South Coast town’s message to residents didn’t give an end date. A sludge collection system in the town’s Surface Water Treatment Plant failed, and repairs...

Street vending, brunch, and house plants have more in common than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” Fernando Hurtado ends up on #PlantTok, meets a street vendor selling plants, and learns about why some black plastic can’t be recycled.