Winter in the Yakima Valley can feel long and colorless. Gray skies settle in, trees stand bare and many people find themselves looking for small ways to brighten their days ...

Seventh-grade students at Longfellow Middle School are getting hands-on experience with modern farming techniques through a ...

In A Nutshell Indoor plants deliver real psychological and comfort benefits, but mostly through how they make people feel, ...

Houseplants and more advanced plant systems, such as indoor living walls and hydroponic towers, have the potential to raise ...

New research shows indoor plants can improve comfort, air quality, and cooling in buildings when designed and maintained properly.

Begonias are a staple of my summer garden. Super-easy to grow and needing very little care and looking after, they add a burst of cheery colour wherever they are planted, whether in containers or ...

Who doesn’t love a home that smells good? A fresh bouquet of flowers is one way to add a whiff of goodness, but so are plants that stay alive! Talk about a great alternative to candles that may have ...

Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the ...

YUBA CITY, Calif. — Yuba City police say they dismantled a large illegal indoor marijuana grow operation last week, seizing ...

For a dose of nature’s medicine even in the coldest of times, head indoors to these tropical forests, desert landscapes, and scented flower beds.