Looking for year-round texture, movement, and color without fussy upkeep? Perennial ornamental grasses deliver all three.

The nutria, an invasive rodent plaguing California, may have been deliberately released. Wildlife experts have a theory on ...

California officials say they have uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme that used the stolen identities of non-Californians to enroll in Medi-Cal and then used that information to fraudulently bill ...

California Botanic Garden opens Children’s Woodland, a free-form nature play space that emphasizes connections to native plants.

Explore it before the green hills go brown and the education center closes for six months beginning June 1.

Sometimes the most extraordinary things come in the smallest packages, and the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature in Solvang, ...

Today’s column focuses on the 2026 Spring Plant Sale of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the California Native Plant Society,” ...

Three creative Californians share the landscapes, neighborhoods, and lesser-known places that inspire their work.

Once your drought-tolerant, native plants are fully established, they will seldom, if ever, require supplemental watering.

Bring plenty of water and don’t forget your sunscreen. The best blooms usually happen between March and May. But it depends ...

From the mountain forest to the stark badlands of Borrego Springs to the Colorado River, this road trip spans one of the most ...