The top commodities in U.S. horticulture sales in 2024 were nursery stock; annual bedding/garden plants; sod, sprigs and ...

What is horticulture? I was asked this while picking up a load of compost at the Olmsted County Recycling Center. My wife will chuckle when she reads this, as she has told me many times that calling ...

It’s a warm, sunny morning in Tony Wright’s lush backyard in Roswell, Georgia. The retired human-resources manager sits on a folding chair and gazes around in contemplation, surrounded by shade trees ...

Humans have long recognized that our connection to plants is inherently healing. In fact, research has shown that just having a plant in your hospital room could shorten your stay. Horticultural ...

There is an entire field called horticultural therapy that delves into how working with plants can help us heal. Many of us know that spending time outside in the fresh air makes us feel better, but ...

Some gardens in the south suburbs become instruments in education. The students at the Barrack Obama School of Leadership and STEM showed off the skills they learned at the school's horticulture ...