When considering shade trees for landscape use, such staple native species as maples, oaks, elms and hornbeams come to mind. Another serviceable choice is the American linden (Tilia americana). Also ...

Tour a private garden in Rappahannock County designed by a local native plant nursery to restore and preserve the natural ecosystem. Then visit a horticulturist in Northern Virginia committed to ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — “Indians Viewing Landscape,” Thomas Cole’s tiny 1840 painting of a great sweeping vista of the Adirondack mountains, is what I’d call the keystone piece of “Native Prospects: ...

In 1825, painter Thomas Cole founded the Hudson River School, an artistic movement that embraced the power of nature through works that encouraged its exploration while inspiring man to both settle ...

Turning your front yard into something other than a manicured greensward sounds like a bold new idea, even today. Imagine how it felt, in 1992, to see former lawns in Wisconsin that were already many ...

Chuckwalla National Monument is more than an epic expanse of towering rocks, hidden canyons, ghost flowers, smoke trees and its namesake lizard. One of America’s newest protected public lands is a ...

For the design element, Blakeman creates “pollinator islands” and curved walkways that look intentional and polished. He compares them to “natural jewelry” set within the larger landscape. In Ottawa, ...

Prior to the arrival of the first European settlers early in the 17th Century, an estimated 50 million Native Americans tilled the land in the area that became the United States, gathered food in the ...

From tracking brown bears in Alaska to exploring an ancient canyon in Arizona, these seven Indigenous-led experiences offer a deeper connection to the land and its stories. Native American-led tours ...

November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to honor the histories, traditions and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples across the United States. In Oregon, where nine federally ...