What is horticulture? I was asked this while picking up a load of compost at the Olmsted County Recycling Center. My wife will chuckle when she reads this, as she has told me many times that calling ...

Humans have long recognized that our connection to plants is inherently healing. In fact, research has shown that just having a plant in your hospital room could shorten your stay. Horticultural ...

Horticultural Therapy Week was celebrated Tuesday at Fernbrook Farms in Chesterfield in partnership with Final Touch Plantscaping. Recognizing this proven practice of using therapeutic benefits of ...

Spring’s bounty is at our fingertips as the seasonal cycles of nature awaken, and we seek to get our hands in the dirt and soak up the longer days of sunlight. The official start of spring is March 20 ...

There is an entire field called horticultural therapy that delves into how working with plants can help us heal. Many of us know that spending time outside in the fresh air makes us feel better, but ...

Some gardens in the south suburbs become instruments in education. The students at the Barrack Obama School of Leadership and STEM showed off the skills they learned at the school's horticulture ...

Peatlands are the UK’s very own Amazon rainforest when it comes to carbon storage. The ecosystem stores 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon, which makes their protection and restoration essential in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horticultural Therapy Week was celebrated Tuesday at Fernbrook Farms in Chesterfield in partnership with Final Touch Plantscaping.