Plants & Gardens Blog

This buttercup relative is lovely, but it's also invasive in 25 states. Learn more about it and its harmless native cousin, the marsh-marigold. Read › Weed of the Month: Lesser Celandine

In the first installment of Ask a Gardener, our new gardening advice column, Rock Garden curator Laura Powell answers your spring questions. Read › Ask a Gardener: Spring Edition

"Into the Garden" is a new series of interviews about plants, people, and everything in between. Read › Artist Phyllis Ma on Learning from Mushrooms

You can compost and grow vegetables in one simple wooden frame. Layer clippings, leaves, and other materials in the fall, and by spring you'll have a healthy growing medium for tomatoes, peppers, and more. Read › Make a Lasagna Garden in a Raised Bed

Temperatures in New York City were unusually mild this winter, which experts have associated with a complex combination of factors. Read › An Unusually Warm Winter in Brooklyn

Leaving native perennials uncut through the winter season can help support a wide range of birds and insects. Read › Want to Feed Birds? Leave Your Perennials Standing

How do trees know when it’s time to drop their leaves or form new buds? Read › How Do Trees Tell Time?

These lovely speckled berries are all kinds of trouble. Birds love them, so much so that the vine has become invasive. Read › Weed of the Month: Porcelain Berry

Poisonous to people, this lovely weed provides nourishment to birds. Look for both its flowers and berries in September. Read › Weed of the Month: Bittersweet Nightshade

This woodpecker doesn't actually peck wood so much. Instead, it looks for ants on the ground. Read › Birds of Brooklyn: Northern Flicker