Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

During the past few years, I have become enamored with the arborvitae fern. The slowly spreading plant reaches 12 to 18 inches tall and gives the appearance of being a lacy, ground-hugging conifer. If ...

This lush foliage plant has a wealth of varieties – find the perfect fern for you With their tightly curled croziers and distinctive leafy fronds, members of the fern family are unmistakable. They ...

Members of the Redlands-based Garden and Floral Arrangers Guild were invited to participate in the Los Angeles International Fern Society’s fern show held this past weekend at the Los Angeles ...

In the world of gardening, plant collectors are something of a breed apart, with an endearingly boffinish passion for their chosen subject that can often border on the obsessive. In the case of Billy ...

The first thing you notice when you enter Wesley and Gay Gladhart's Metairie backyard is the color. Green. It's everywhere. Then your eye adjusts to the soft, shade-dappled sunlight filtering through ...

A handful of plants define the western Washington flora. They are both common and frequently encountered in even the most minimally transient contact with local nature. Douglas-fir, salal, western ...