A cluster of home gardeners walked into a wild meadow on Mount Ashland in early July, following in the footsteps of native ...

In a meadow, plants are spatially intermingled,” he says. That closely knit structure helps create a tapestry effect, and it can reduce (but not eliminate) weeds. In addition to weed removal ...

The meadow plants need mowing only twice a year. Advertisement. Two wild grasses often suggested for meadow-making, Buffalo grass and blue gamma, ...

It's tough to snag one of those picnic tables at Crissy Field, but a new alternative just opened down the street at Tunnel ...

Native meadow plants are typically adapted to less nutrient-rich soils. They flourished anyway; the nutrient-hungry turf suffered. Weaner Cooper also changed the mowing regime. Turfgrasses grow most ...

Weeks of lawn mowing can make a backyard meadow — a carefree carpet of flowers and grasses — seem like an especially appealing alternative. Even small yards can accommodate a patch of meadow.

At the top, Whyman was indeed awed, but not just by the view. She had found herself in a meadow, 75 acres of it. A former ...

Meadow spittlebugs (Philaenus spumarius), also called froghoppers, suck sap from plants with straw-like mouthparts, picking up bacteria along the way and becoming vectors for plant diseases.