When I was growing up, we had a large dogwood tree in the backyard that produced a good crop of berries almost every year. I remember just watching that tree for extended time periods and being amazed ...

As the gardening season starts to wind down in autumn, many gardeners do what they can to help support wildlife in their area ...

In a berry-focused garden, you can add a variety of plants offering berries almost all year. Berries are often a primary food ...

Berry-bearing shrubs and trees provide an almost guaranteed way to support garden birds preparing for winter. But birds exhibit clear preferences, says Adrian Thomas, an RSPB wildlife gardening expert ...

Colorful birds perch in snow covered tree. - Jamesbrey/Getty Images With the nip of fall in the air, gardeners may be wondering how to winterize their garden to support wildlife through the frigid and ...

Some trees and shrubs are at their best in fall, from the human or bird point of view. It’s a great time to go to nurseries to see what plants look like this month, and notice what berries or fruits ...

09:45, Mon, Oct 20, 2025 Updated: 09:55, Mon, Oct 20, 2025 Growing berry-producing shrubs and trees is said to be an almost foolproof method to attract birds to your garden as they prepare for winter.

There are many happenings of late summer as we now move into September. Some of these, like the leaf colors, are hard to not notice. Various trees turn at different times and the month is largely one ...

Question for Dan Gill: I have a cherry laurel tree in my yard that is full of ripe berries. Except for bird food, are the berries good for anything else? They are plump and quite bitter. — Howard ...