Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barbara Chung turned her townhouse terrace into a habitat garden of California native plants. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times ...

Question: I have heard that planting a hedgerow next to my vegetable garden will encourage pollinators and other beneficial insects. Could you provide tips on how to start a hedgerow and what plants ...

Welcome to the first issue of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter, with a list of this month’s plant-related activities and upcoming events. But first, today’s lesson in Los Angeles’ changing landscapes ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

With several students each summer and the director of community engagement Gail Heffner, Professor Dave Warners investigated the restoration of native plants and native habitats in urban areas that ...

A new study finds milkweed plants from retailers across the country contain pesticides that could harm the monarch butterflies attracted to the plants. Milkweed is a host plant for monarchs, and many ...

It was a “dream expansion scenario” that allowed Habitat’s coffee bar and space to be expanded, owner Karina Velez said.

Conservation is a long game; it predates us and will postdate us, writes Jack Easton, a member of the Rivers & Lands ...

Researchers have found a reliable way to get soybean plants to produce bigger soybeans—and it doesn’t involve a lab. According to a recent study done at North Carolina State University, bees will give ...

Barbara Chung may have the tiniest habitat garden in Los Angeles — some 200 mostly native plants in pots on her 7-by-20-foot townhouse terrace — and she’s happy to erase any doubts about whether patio ...