Potomac — These days, many of us are searching for alternatives to conventional lawn and garden care, a task that has become increasingly dependent on time and maintenance, as well as pesticides and ...

Meadows are open landscapes, composed of grasses and wildflowers. The word "meadow" itself is evocative, conjuring images of Julie Andrews twirling in the Alps or bucolic, rolling farmers’ fields.

Tim Hoover installed 150 acres of meadows in his 25 years as an environmental educator at the Milton Hershey School. The majority of his 1-acre Fairview Twp. home landscape also is a series of meadow ...

Weeks of lawn mowing can make a backyard meadow - a carefree carpet of flowers and grasses - seem like an especially appealing alternative. Even small yards can accommodate a patch of meadow. Although ...

Want to step inside a painting? Visit Longwood Gardens’ new Meadow Garden, which opens Friday. “It’s like being immersed in a living Andrew Wyeth painting,” says Paul B. Redman, director of Longwood ...

There’s something undeniably enticing about a meadow. Homeowners fantasizing about bidding lawn care adieu might see an expanse of flowering plants and grass plumes as an ecologically sound — and ...

Looking for something different to plant? Wild tulips are the underrated spring-flowering bulbs that bring natural beauty and ...

The two to three weeks immediately after our last spring frost (i.e. mid to late May) are the year’s best for planting a meadow from seed. If you just want to convert a bit of lawn into something more ...

• Background and Aims Despite the selective pressure slugs may exert on seedling recruitment there is a lack of information in this context within grassland restoration studies. Selective grazing is ...