Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

Through a program called MyGardyn, students at Cerro Gordo Elementary are learning how to grow plants inside. By using hydroponic towers, students can f ...

While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages. Back then, I ...

Paddle canoes and kayaks from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday on Wells Lake at the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center in Fort Smith. Educators will have canoes and kayaks, paddles and life ...

Did you know plants like flowers and vegetables need certain nutrients to grow, just like us? Let's learn about acids, bases and soil nutrients with Liani Yirka and Jason Holmes at Sarah P. Duke ...

There are always lots of things to learn as a gardener, and many of them can only be learned through doing—through actually getting out there and getting your hands dirty. But there are some things ...

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to events@oregonian.com. ONGOING Yard Tree Giveaway: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 2. Portland ...

From flavoring food to making natural insect repellents, Painesville City Schools students recently got an up-close look at some of the ways that people use plants during the second week of the school ...

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to events@oregonian.com. ONGOING Walk With a Friend at Tualatin Hills Nature Park: 9 a.m. first ...