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Want to grow your own orchids? We’ll help you choose which ones are right for you.

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Creating Brilliance: The Orchid Show

How best to highlight the color of 10,000 blooming orchids? For Brilliance: The Orchid Show, which runs February 8 to March 22 at the Chicago... more

New Study Shows How Fires Help Prairie Plants

When you think of fires that occur in the natural world, you might think of destruction and loss of wildlife. But when it comes to the North... more

Plants and Gardening

Go for these gardening goals

Leena Saleh

Reflections on the Island Beyond Your Reach

Leena Saleh

Flies for lunch? Sounds…chewy

Jamie Berlin

How-To

How to Photograph Holiday Lights Like a Pro

Robin Carlson

How to Create a Winter Container

Julie McCaffrey

Pick Your Potion

Julie McCaffrey

Wildlife

Give Thanks for Pollinators on Thanksgiving

Maria Ciaccio

Beyond the Beauty of Butterflies

Gabriella Rodriguez

Dreaming of Bald Eagle Pairs at the Garden

Jim Steffen