The winter chill is in full blast, and with it often comes a potential dip in your well-being(enter cold and flu season). But ...

When Oregon State University landscapers David Slifkin and Dan Relyea learned that the university's budget couldn't accommodate starter plants for a medicinal garden, they looked no further than their ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas is leading an effort to turn plants into better medicines. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge explains what we already know about herbal remedies — and what ...

These beautiful plants will fill your garden with feel-good vibes.

Do you take advantage of all the ways your garden can serve you? For fresh food production? Check. For flowers and fragrance in the garden and as cuttings? Check. As culinary herbs to enliven your ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — About 20 to 30 years ago, the use of medicinal plant gardens for drug research slowed down in part because there was no living collection that could be used sustainably or ...

Inspired by an ancient text and a silk painting from the 1500s, curators of a new garden at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has brought centuries of Chinese medicinals to ...

San Diego Botanic Garden re-opened this week, but there’s new rules and limitations. Photo credit: @sdbgarden, via Twitter The San Diego Botanic Garden has received a $384,000 grant from the Conrad ...

Medicinal plants to grow at home are becoming a popular choice for natural wellness, home remedies, and sustainable living.

Plants have supplied us with remedies for as long as humans have walked the earth. The knowledge of herbs and flowers and their medicinal properties, once the preserve of wise old women, has in later ...

The Colorado Plateau has long been a haven for botanists and herbalists. Of the four states it encompasses, Arizona and New Mexico are ranked the third and fourth most botanically diverse nationwide ...