New weekly unemployment claims in Michigan rose by 130% last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said on July 10.

Zoo teams transformed the yards outside the Bird House into a thriving, wildflower-filled garden that attracts birds and ...

Succulent plants are defined as plants that have evolved to store moisture in their leaves, stems or roots,” writes columnist ...

The dazzling diversity of hummingbirds in the West is largely thanks to the region’s varied, mountainous terrain and ...

Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old U.S. cereal company WK ...

On Tuesday, July 15, at 5:30pm the Mt. Blue Area Garden club will meet at the home of Rich and Debbie Davis Robinson to tour beautiful gardens. The gardens – located just off Perham Street at ...

Hosta plants come in such a variety that the choices are only limited by your pocketbook. The size, foliage color and leaf shape offer so many opportunities to fill out ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

Not so terribly long ago the International Energy Agency issued one of the early century’s most optimistic projections for the environment, human health, and water quality. It declared 2013 the year ...

The “sun” garden glitters by day and glows by night. Interspersed among phlox, catmint, purple Japanese irises, and red bee balm are sparkling blue and yellow glass flowers and solar-powered globes ...

If spring and early summer flew by before you could plant, or your garden simply isn’t looking its best right now, don’t give ...