This spring, don’t forage for wild edible plants. Instead, welcome them into your garden. By Margaret Roach Jared Rosenbaum knows the primal thrill of foraging — a sense of interdependence with the ...

Come spring, avid gardeners dig into the new growing season ready with careful cultivation plans they dreamed up over long winters. But even city-dwelling non-planners can benefit from year-round ...

Wild ginger (Asarum spp.) is a low-growing plant native to moist, shady environments. This stemless beauty displays dark green, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves with prominent veining. Its unique ...

Jared Rosenbaum knows the primal thrill of foraging — a sense of interdependence with the natural world that he wants his son to experience, too. But as a field botanist, he also understands that ...

When I teach ecology labs at Merrimack College, one of my favorite places to take students is the Pine Hole Bog in Andover’s Charles W. Ward Reservation. While walking along the quarter-mile boardwalk ...

When heading into the field to bag a buck or snag some salmon, don't forget there's further bounty to be harvested. Forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers and lakes are brimming with edible wild plants ...

Garden beds don’t run on luck—they run on life. Beneath every thriving plant sits a bustling underground world of microbes, ...

The cracks in our pavements are teeming with life. Amanda Tuke takes tours of wild plants flourishing in unlikely places.

From foraged wild herbs to high-tech synthetic biology, plant-based medicine is undergoing a transformation. Ethnobotanical wisdom meets cutting-edge lab techniques to unlock new drug potentials. This ...

Just as many people battle seasonal colds and flu, native plants face their own viral threats. People have long known that plants can succumb to viruses just like humans. Now, a new study led by ...