When you think of Ohio, you might picture its bustling cities, rolling farmlands or the scenic shores of Lake Erie. But did you know that Ohio is also home to a treasure trove of native plants that ...

Hundreds of native plants in Ohio could be in danger due to habitat loss, but a free workshop offered by the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District is intended to help gardeners increase and ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the heat of summer blazes, many of us are looking for ...

One of my goals as a gardener is to plant something somewhere in my home landscape every month of the year. While that goal may be more easily achievable in locations in other parts of the country, it ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo recently criticized the city of Toledo for mowing over a prairie installation in a median in the Anthony Wayne Trail, a move the city took beginning in October 2023 after ...

The new bed of shrubs already supporting other wildlife: more bees, a steady stream of butterflies, and on one particularly remarkable day so many monarchs that the entire patch shimmered.

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Tall coreopsis, (Coreopsis tripteris), is a beautiful ...

A new Ohio law allows individuals and conservation organizations to collect and share native plant seeds. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 364 on Wednesday, following the unanimous approval of ...

Every year as the temperatures drop across Northeast Ohio, well-meaning homeowners grab their shears and rakes for the annual ritual of the "total garden cleanup." But according to local experts, this ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County write a column about native plants ...