Spring is a festival for the senses!  Colors abound, from pale to vibrant, and the heavenly fragrance of blossoms is in the air. The top ten flowering shrubs and trees blooming in the Philadelphia area right now are:

1. Cherry trees!...

Today is the official last day of summer. Fall is here! As our garden plants begin to prepare for the winter to come, summer petals are fading, dropping, and blowing away in the crispening breeze. Pods and cones are hardening to either release or store their precious...

This month( August) The National Geographic Magazine has a page story about monarch butterflies, and I urge you to read it.

According to Conservationist Dan Ashe, the monarch population has diminished severely over the past 20 years. In the 90's there were a...

For Zones 6-8, these are the flowers you will see in your neighbors' prized gardens in July.

1. Stargazer Lily

One of the most gorgeous Oriental lillies of the season. With its large clusters of big pink blooms, wildly striped and spotted with...

It's the heat of summer. Doesn't an ice cold glass of lemonade sound appealing? We've got just the recipe.

Try something new! Add a secret ingredient to give your lemonade recipe that special twist.

Start with a pitcher to your liking. These measurements are fo...