Traditional landscaping can mean high water bills, constant maintenance, and plant replacements. There's a smarter approach: native plants.

From unique crops to romantic gardens, here are the garden design trends that Monrovia predicts will pop up in 2026. A continuing trend from 2025, outdoor living areas like patios and porches will ...

Homeowners embrace xeriscaping to save water, boost biodiversity, and replace high-maintenance lawns with native, ...

Whether for simple beauty, environmental preservation, or spiritual connection, native plants are increasingly being used to turn urban luxury condominiums into city oases. Rooftop gardens, community ...

"We have entered the ideal season for adding California native plants to coastal gardens," writes columnist Tom Karwin.

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

But there’s no rule book that says that we have to plant blooming shrubs below our windows or dense evergreen hedges to screen off our neighbors. We can choose to transform a dated foundation planting ...

Lexie Glass and her husband, Evan Hursley, tore out their lawns and created gardens that are drought-resistant, attractive to wildlife and beautiful. The couple began the process of replacing their ...

Aurora Anaya dove headlong into California native plants for her home in Whittier. A bonus was a yard full of fragrance and endangered monarch butterflies. Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los ...

If you’re thinking about re-landscaping the yard, you might want to consider some ideas from the 15th Annual Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour. This self-driving tour, which rolls through ...

There are many benefits to going native with your landscaping: improving climate resilience, biodiversity and water conservation, and creating a slice of Colorado’s natural beauty in your backyard. If ...

California native plants are adaptable to many situations and designs. They thrive on little water (unless they grow near streams), add color and attract birds and beneficial insects to the garden.