Kimball, president of the native plant society, give a garden tour to IndyStar on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Westfield, Ind.

If you're looking to protect (or ogle at) swallowtails, hummingbirds or chipmunks, your landscaping matters. How to find and ...

Native grasses, flowers and shrubs can grow big, wild and unruly, but in suburbia, they create critical micro-habitats to ...

Chaos gardening — the viral TikTok trend of scattering seeds and "letting nature decide" — is taking root as demand for ...

A statewide campaign is underway to change Indiana's state flower from the non-native peony to the native butterfly milkweed. Proponents argue the state flower should be native to Indiana and that the ...

Why have native plants become a popular trend in the world of landscaping? We talked to Jack Phipps with Allisonville Home & ...

If you live in Hamilton County and have invasive plants on your property — think burning bush, Bradford pears and Norway maples — conservationists want to help you replace them with options that are ...

Indiana County Friends of the Parks will be sponsoring its sixth annual native plant sale this spring. The sale is in conjunction with Penguin Court, a Preserve of the Brandywine Conservancy. Penguin ...

Indiana's current state flower, the peony, is not native to the state and lacks historical significance. Advocacy groups propose replacing the peony with native plants like butterfly milkweed or fire ...