Two KidVision PreK virtual field trips made it fun to learn about plants. Two KidVision PreK virtual field trips made it fun to learn about plants. First, we spend “A Day with A Botanist” that ...

From flavoring food to making natural insect repellents, Painesville City Schools students recently got an up-close look at some of the ways that people use plants during the second week of the school ...

Did you know plants like flowers and vegetables need certain nutrients to grow, just like us? Let's learn about acids, bases and soil nutrients with Liani Yirka and Jason Holmes at Sarah P. Duke ...

AMHERST, Mass. This month, high school students in Massachusetts and across the country will get a taste of how science is done on board the International Space Station (ISS), courtesy of a ...

While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages. Back then, I ...

BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC (WWAY)– One of southeastern North Carolina’s most unique native plants took center stage in Boiling Spring Lakes this weekend. Families from across the area gathered to ...

There are always lots of things to learn as a gardener, and many of them can only be learned through doing—through actually getting out there and getting your hands dirty. But there are some things ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

MEHOOPANY, Pa. — It was out of the van and into the backyard for a group of children in Mehoopany. The field trip was organized by Northeast Sight Services and its partners. "We bring children who are ...

Holden Forests and Gardens recently launched Flora Finder, giving the public a new way to learn about plants at three of its properties. Holden Living Collections Curator Tom Arbour said users can ...

The first plant I taught each of my three kids to identify was poison ivy. Making sure they knew how to avoid a plant that can cause such discomfort was important to me as a parent. Although they ...