An 18th-century farmstead, garden, and horticulture center in Bucks County, PA. Hortulus Farm is an 18th-century farmstead, garden, and horticulture education center in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The ...

Women have long been at the forefront of gardening, whether passing agricultural traditions from generation to generation, organizing garden clubs and beautification societies, or — in some cases — ...

The Southern Garden History Society just wrapped up its annual meeting in Mobile, Alabama. My mentor Dr. William C. Welch introduced me to this group and as a lifetime member of this organization I’ve ...

As summer weather appears and flowers are blooming, we have been reflecting on the historic grounds of the museum, particularly the three greenhouses that used to stand on the property, and how they ...

Little did Joel Poinsett know that when he brought the first poinsettia back from Mexico that it would become the United States' most popular “flowering plant.” Poinsett, a South Carolinian, was the ...

Enslaved people are responsible for saving heirloom roses. According to Abra Lee, author of “Conquer the Soil: Black America and the Untold Stories of Our Country’s Gardeners, Farmers, and Growers,” ...

Horticultural beginnings -- Trees for the High Plains -- Horticulture for home and community -- Toward "a new phase of civilization" -- Science and its application to horticulture -- Creating home on ...

Part history, part horticulture. That's the allure of thousands of garden cemeteries across America that were designed to serve the spiritual needs of the living as well as keep alive memories of the ...