Starting in February, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will present a new California Native Plant Landscaper Certification course for working and aspiring landscape professionals. Participants in the new ...

books. Yet we often aren’t able to figure out what the heck the blasted plants are called. Field botany has to be the most difficult of all the natural sciences. That’s why Vic and I attended a ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County write a column about native plants in Ohio. When you think of Ohio, you might picture its bustling cities, ...

Last fall, I decided to challenge myself by enrolling in the notoriously difficult course ENVIRON 436, also known as Woody Plants. This class focuses on one thing — the identification of Michigan’s ...

Q: How reliable are plant identification apps? I’ve tested several plant identification apps and have found them surprisingly, but not completely, accurate. You simply snap a photo of the plant in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Carolyn Longstreth moved to Marin from the northeast 18 years ago, the first thing she searched for was a place to learn about the new plant life around ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif. – November 28, 2023 – Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has unveiled the new California Native Plant ...