Gardening

Winners in many and various categories, exemplifying the industry… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Today’s column has a sneaky, slinking, feline theme. That’s right: Housecats were my inspiration. Actually, I love cats as… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group If — like many people — you came into the world with an extra toe, finger, or nipple, you… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Let’s begin the year with an armchair journey to southern Africa, a region that, for gardeners, may prompt images… Read more »

Morris “Marty” Hylton III is director of the historic preservation program at the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning. He spoke with… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Silver, gold and green are traditional winter-holiday hues, but red’s the color that truly evokes a festive mood. Let’s… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Over the years, when folks have asked me to recommend plants that are cold-hardy, drought-proof, pest-resistant and low-maintenance. I’ve… Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Cycads, often described as living fossils, were among the dominant plant species on Earth more than 200 million years ago. Cone-bearing, nonflowering… Read more »

Florida’s gardens and woodlands are home to numerous poisonous plants, but few folks can name or identify more than a handful of them…. Read more »

It’s not native, but the renewable resource provides cheaper and more sustainable resources than pine forests…. Read more »

By ADRIAN HIGGINS The Washington Post Books, websites, whole organizations are in place to show you how to draw bees and other pollinators to your… Read more »

Kitchens are often a highly visible component of open-house plan concepts, places where guests are entertained and kids do their homework…. Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Let’s face it. Most vines aren’t acceptable landscape plants for control freaks. But vines — especially tropical flowering species… Read more »

Fruit trees and Mexican sage are good choices in Florida…. Read more »

By CHARLES REYNOLDS Halifax Media Group Visiting Savannah, Ga., a few months ago, I was again struck by how much that area’s landscapes, like ours,… Read more »

The plants’ diversity wins a lot of fans in Southwest Florida…. Read more »

Most gardeners realize that beautiful tropical plants can be injured by hard freezes, which are becoming rarer…. Read more »

  TODAY, DEC. 13 IFAS Extension Sarasota County is holding a meet and greet with Bryan Dailey, its new director, from 4 to 6 p.m…. Read more »

Make your own and save…. Read more »

Shedding light on a hazy catch-all term…. Read more »