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Garden Supply Flame Weeders Recalled

Planting Seeds: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets - and Wallets - From Supermarket

Garden Gift For Sun Sufferer

Be a Butterfly

Mystery Disease Threatens Florida State Tree

Do Not Let Kids Eat Azaleas

Gardening...Naked

Dead Lawn Could Cost Homeowner $746

Gardener Gets Surprise Mystery Plant

Home-Grown Vegetables Grow in Popularity

Ohio City Passes Jail Time for Long Lawns

Residents Want Dandelion-Free Lawns

Gardeners Warned After Wood Fungus Kills Man

Gardening Good for Kids

Study: Most Gardeners Seek Help from Friends and Neighbors

Tips: Gardening with Allergies

Silicon Has Beneficial Effect on Sunflowers

Fake Grass Lands a Florida Couple in Hot Water

Honey Bee Populations Decline Dramatically

Garden Supply Flame Weeders Recalled

Consumers were advised to stop using the recalled flame weeders and return them to the store for a full refund.

Planting Seeds: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets - and Wallets - From Supermarket

A social networking site for people who want to fight soaring food prices and global warming by growing their own food.

Garden Gift For Sun Sufferer

Alice Tyson, of Carlisle, has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) which means exposure to sunlight increases her risk of getting cancer or going blind.

Be a Butterfly

The exhibition gives visitors the chance to "shrink to the size of a caterpillar", find their way through a maze dotted with dangerous sticky plants and spiders.

Mystery Disease Threatens Florida State Tree

The disease has been found in five Florida counties since it was first confirmed about two years ago.

Do Not Let Kids Eat Azaleas

Azaleas are potentially harmful flowers if eaten by children.

Gardening...Naked

Gardening is at the top of the list of "family friendly" activities people do naked, according to the Naked Gardening Association.

Dead Lawn Could Cost Homeowner $746

The owners said they decided to stop watering their lawn after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a statewide drought emergency.

Gardener Gets Surprise Mystery Plant

Growth appeared in a pot the man thought was empty, and after consultations with numerous nurseries, it was determined the mystery plant was arisaema sikokianum.

Home-Grown Vegetables Grow in Popularity

According to the U.S. National Gardening Association, Americans spent some $1.4 billion on growing their own vegetables last year.

Ohio City Passes Jail Time for Long Lawns

The new law ups a second high-grass citation to a fourth-degree misdemeanor, which could result in a fine and up to 30 days in jail.

Residents Want Dandelion-Free Lawns

Homeowners say the presence of hundreds of yellow dandelions was especially embarrassing during Memorial Day observances.

Gardeners Warned After Wood Fungus Kills Man

Doctors warned gardeners of the danger posed by a common fungus after a previously healthy man died from breathing in fungal spores.

Gardening Good for Kids

Researchers say children engage in learning more readily when given responsibility for decision making and planning.

Study: Most Gardeners Seek Help from Friends and Neighbors

While respondents surveyed said information from the University of Minnesota as more credible they were more likely to turn to neighbors and friends for gardening advice.

Tips: Gardening with Allergies

If you love gardening but have terrible seasonal allergies here are some tips from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

Silicon Has Beneficial Effect on Sunflowers

Oklahoma State University researchers examined the effects of silicon supplements on sunflowers grown in greenhouse environments.

Fake Grass Lands a Florida Couple in Hot Water

According to the couple the property suffers from a number of handicaps, including too much shade and bad drainage.

Honey Bee Populations Decline Dramatically

Ohio reported the highest average loss of 61.4 percent.

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