Renowned for colorful flowers that often have detailed markings, irises are some of the most popular cottage garden plants.

• Make a “base plan.” Measure your property with a tape measure or the measuring app on your smart phone. Plot it on grid ...

I just can’t seem to get enough time traipsing around the forests, stream sides, woodlots and wetlands all around us here in the Times News area. We have so many natural settings and quite a variety ...

Looking to swap out invasive plants in your yard for native species? The Virginia Department of Conservation has some ...

Many cutesy, 'have-to-have' garden gifts serve little real purpose. Here are gifts curated by real gardeners that plant ...

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If you have friends who live in Echo Park, or family that grew up in Whittier, or college-bound children ready to fly their ...

Hirosaki was our last stop in Tohoku, but we still had one city to go on this adventure: Hakodate, just across the Tsugaru Strait near the southern tip of Hokkaido. In Part 3 of my travelogue, I’ll ...

Experts fear tough rules for the art world — meant to root out criminals — will send business to New York and Hong Kong.

Sometimes, the best art is found in nature, not in an art gallery. Head to this garden in Mexico for spectacular Surrealist ...

My partner John and I love South America. From our first trip to Peru, in 2002, we’ve now been eight times, visiting just one country each time. Colombia, our most recent trip, in February 2020, was ...