Native berries can change a yard’s bird list overnight. Wildlife experts note that bluebirds, thrushes, waxwings, orioles, ...

A patio can feel finished with only a few well-chosen pots, but climbing plants add the one thing flat spaces lack: height.

Summer sells freedom, but Yellowstone can feel smaller when every entrance is open, every lane is busy, and a single bison ...

Pothos is marketed as forgiving, which is why it gets recruited for quick indoor bonsai projects. Yet Epipremnum aureum is a ...

A flowering houseplant can look like simple color on a windowsill, then suddenly it becomes the room’s loudest shape. Big leaves, glossy surfaces, and repeated blooms pull the eye and shrink the sense ...

Canada geese look relaxed on a lawn, yet nesting pairs can treat a yard like a guarded shoreline from March through June.

Big blooms have a way of changing a garden’s mood overnight. One week it is a tidy border, the next it is a wall of color ...

Using a bowl that cannot handle freezing temperatures often backfires fast. Becca Rodomsky-Bish notes that glass and terracotta are poor winter choices because they can shatter in freezing weather, ...

The pavement decides whether salt will work, not the number on a weather app. Pros scan walkways with an inexpensive infrared thermometer and pay extra attention to shaded concrete, bridge-like spots, ...