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Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. But, managed properly, it also has the potential to remove climate-warming carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil. KUNC’s Rae Solomon wondered if backyard gardeners could do the same thing.
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Gardening is good for your mental and physical wellbeing. It’s a gut feeling shared by many people who enjoy digging in the dirt. But a new CU-Boulder study backs up that sentiment with science.
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A Colorado professor is studying how plants grow under solar panels on rooftops. The research highlights the growing green roof movement — and the challenges cities face in mandating rooftop green space.
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Celebrate National Native Plant Month by adding some local Colorado flora into your garden this spring.
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After three years, “Stinky” -- the Denver Botanic Gardens’ beloved corpse flower -- may be preparing to bloom again.Denver Botanic Gardens horticulturist…
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Estes Park's Stanley Hotel was the inspiration for Stephen King's novel The Shining, but it has long faced one key problem: The hedge maze that audiences…
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It’s Monday, around 9 o’clock, and the library is locked for the night. Silently, Linda Zellmer appears on the other side of the glass door. She opens it…
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A drop in temperature by 60 degrees in just a few days may be damaging to perennials, shrubs and trees. There isn’t a thing we can do about the cold front…
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One plus for the residents of Fort Collins is that their community is host to Colorado State University's Flower Trial Gardens. Located along College…
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One of the joys of horticulture and gardening is it’s a continual learning process. Just when you think you know how a plant is going to react, nature…