There's nothing like getting ready for summer. But while it's still too early to put up the parasol or reach for the suncream, gardening is a different matter. And one massive group of plants that ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Dividing herbaceous perennials in the fall is an easy way to create new plants for your garden. A herbaceous perennial overwinters as a fleshy underground mass that can be cut into smaller pieces to ...

Daunted at the prospect of planning a new border? Help is at hand… The herbaceous border is the ultimate demonstration of gardening skill: a masterpiece of juxtaposed shapes, colours and textures, all ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our most recent column addressed the planning of a year-round garden, including designing landscape basics and searching for (mostly) California native ...