Globally renowned for its natural beauty, Rio de Janeiro received a new international distinction Tuesday as UNESCO added landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx’s former home to its list of World ...

Lorenz Inos, a sought-after landscape designer from Nueva Ecija, mentions the phrase “pera na [naging] bato pa,” meaning money that has been lost. With pride he said that he has made money from stones ...

Have you ever returned from a tropical destination wishing you could hang onto that beachy vibe when your vacation is but a distant memory? Do magazines and television shows in sultry settings ...

Tropical Gardens of the Philippines compiles some of the most beautiful gardens in the world today. The book showcases 42 gardens, mostly from private homes around the metropolitan Manila area and ...

Illinois may be best known for the sprawling metropolis known as Chicago, but near that hustle and bustle lies this fun city ...

Even though their foliage alone is enough to stamp a landscape as tropical, heliconias and gingers owe their popularity to the showy bracts that surround their flowers. Some species bloom during ...

Two new series of summer classes in horticulture and related subjects are being offered by Flamingo Gardens, 3750 Flamingo Road, Davie, and Fairchild Tropical Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Miami.

I love our native plants and concentrate on their use in the landscape. However, using tropical plants for annual or perennial color is useful and appropriate as well. The national flower of Barbados ...

Adam Woodruff strides through waves of prairie dropseed, black-eyed Susan, and amsonia. He’s explaining that he had to move a knoll to form a plateau so he could plant a prairie outside his client’s ...