Now, only about 20% of our cut flowers are grown in California, Washington State, and Oregon, where most used to be grown for domestic sale.

Where do our cut flowers come from? Often, South America. Workers in greenhouses cut each stem individually and immediately place each flower in a bucket of water...

Refrigerated trucks and unheated holds of planes are cold, helping cut flowers from abroad to stay fresh during their journey to the U.S.

Over one-hundred million roses are purchased in the United States for Valentine’s Day each year, and nearly all are red and long stemmed.

What we see from our windows all through the cold days of winter is our garden’s architectural structure formed by the trees and shrubs that are the long-term residents of our gardens year round.

For twenty years Henry Mitchell’s column “Earthman” was a weekly feature in The Washington Post.

African violets are quite happy growing in pots in many of our homes and are easily propagated.

Visitors are not charged to see the 55 acres of gorgeous organic plantings in the heart of this major research university.

Emily Dickinson was a renowned poet, but during her lifetime she was known more for her gardening skills.

Here are few poems written, most of them, very long ago.