Help your garden by helping the environment.

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

This beautiful blue flower tolerates sandy soils without much water, and pollinators will flock to it. Plus, it will return ...

When it comes to creating an appetizing backyard habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators, MSU Extension's Senior Horticulture Educator Rebecca Finneran borrows an expression from the 1989 ...

You may be familiar with the health benefits (both physical and mental) that gardening can provide you as an individual, but at least one type of gardening in particular has the potential to help all ...

Linn County Master Gardener, Jen Rothmeyer, offers timely advice on drought-resistant plants for Eastern Iowa: When everything else in our yards is dying or struggling, planting drought-tolerant ...

With World Honey Bee Day on the third Saturday in August, it's still timely to learn about honey bees and highlight the crucial role they play in our ecosystem. These tiny pollinators are essential ...

Winter is the perfect time to visit The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in Palm Desert. The temperatures are cool, and the animals tend to be more active. One recent morning, a group of birders kept ...

Pollinators — creatures that pollinate plants — are essential for the functioning of virtually all terrestrial ecosystems. The most common pollinators are insects, including both social and solitary ...