Chanie Kirschner is a writer, advice columnist, and educator who has covered topics ranging from parenting to fashion to sustainability. To work the soil for your food is one of the most basic of ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Coming from image-conscious professionals who prefer to gush about the beauty of flowers and the joys of growing vegetables, the words were downright shocking: “Horticulture is ...

Horticultural Therapy Week was celebrated Tuesday at Fernbrook Farms in Chesterfield in partnership with Final Touch Plantscaping. Recognizing this proven practice of using therapeutic benefits of ...

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 ...

Because I enjoy promoting all things horticultural, I was taken aback when a national news story claimed the walls are caving in on my life's vocation. But I dispute the report that horticulture is on ...

Nora Palmer is a gardener who toils happily in breezy Hershey Gardens, a playground of roses, herbs, old trees and leafy spaces that welcomes, among others, field-tripping grade-schoolers. “I’ve just ...