Horticulturist Kelly Norris has a favorite task in his Des Moines front yard: puttering. By that he means meandering, leaning into a plant for a closer look, wondering which birdsong he's hearing, and ...

Smoke trees are an easy way to add color and volume to your landscaping. These tall landscaping plants can grow over 15 feet ...

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it. By Margaret Roach Turning your front yard into ...

Mary Holm, host of the long-running Pioneer PBS program "Prairie Yard & Garden," absolutely loves to be in the garden and her enthusiasm is contagious. Holm joins the podcast this week to talk about ...

Your front yard is one of the first things visitors to your home will notice, so make it count. Boosting curb appeal isn't just about planting flowers that will have your neighbors staring, though ...

I enjoy seeing residents grow some of their own food. It can be as small as growing a tomato plant on their balcony or as big as growing five acres of fruit trees. The amount of food grown doesn’t ...

Mary Holm, gardening enthusiast and host of the long-running Pioneer PBS program "Prairie Yard & Garden," joins Don and John on the podcast this week.

Newly discovered patches of ancient landscape have somehow managed to survive without being turned into a farm, forest or subdivision.

The PY&G crew gets a special invitation to visit Dan & Jerry's Greenhouses. Seeing flowers in the greenhouse each spring melts our winter hearts. But what does it take to grow those beautiful plants ...

With native plants, you can get a vibrant landscape that lasts through a sizzling summer. Courtesy Dubberley Landscape Warm weather has us Texans flocking to our favorite plant nurseries in a humble ...

Garden centers and nurseries are bursting with plants that are drought tolerant, pollinator friendly and deer resistant. They also have ground covers, shrubs and trees that are less likely to fuel a ...