Ohio Native Landscapes owner Jackie Young created her business to change the landscaping industry and encourage the community to ditch invasive plants. Young started her business in 2020. It serves ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Tired of mowing the lawn or trying to get grass to grow? The solution is native landscaping. Some love caring for their grass lawns, and that’s fine. Lawns are great for kids ...

Turning your front yard into something other than a manicured greensward sounds like a bold new idea, even today. Imagine how it felt, in 1992, to see former lawns in Wisconsin that were already many ...

Overland Park is updating city codes to make space for planned native landscapes, which have long been banned as "weeds." That could mean front yard gardens featuring milkweed, blue sage, native ...

The landscaping industry is witnessing an exciting shift toward the use of native plants as homeowners and businesses seek low-maintenance, eco-friendly landscaping. At the forefront of this movement ...

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Lee Tesdell stands in a prairie strip on his farm near Slater, Iowa. He grows alfalfa and Kernza, a perennial grain, raises sheep and cash rents to a neighbor who grows corn and soybeans. Over the ...

I am ticked off at home owners and landscapes who plant exotic plants! Florida needs native plants; once established native plants require less water than exotic plants and they attract insects that ...

NATIVE LANDSCAPES: In a new series, Xpress spotlights local experts who have positive visions for the future and ideas about what Asheville could look like in 2050 if we invest in the solutions now.

Winter is approaching, but Kansas Citians planning their gardens and landscaping for next year will have an easier time if they want to go beyond the typical grass lawn and consider native plants. The ...

Ira Satinover has a dream … that the purple prairie grass, butterfly weed, the rattlesnake master rustling and swaying in his front yard has spread to every garden on his Oak Park block. “I want you ...