Home & Garden

Throughout the month, there are dozens of talks and classes to learn about plants, virtual and in-person in the Lancaster County region.

“La Bella Zucca" is one of the homes on the 2024 Mount Gretna Tour of Homes.

The recent stretch of extremely hot weather is frustrating for those of us who enjoy working in our gardens and seeing summer blooms and harvest.

A rare chance to take a tour at Green Leaf Plants and Burpee’s historic garden in Doylestown are coming up.

The Mussers’ garden is one of a dozen on the tour throughout the southern end of the county, Friday, July 19, and Saturday, July 20. 

These greenhouse cats keep mice away, keep employees company and keep customers coming back.

Here’s a roundup of plant and gardening events in the region throughout July.

Spotted lanternflies showed up in Pennsylvania 10 years ago.

The third week of June has been designated National Pollinator Week by the Pollinator Partnership (pollinator.org). Though wind and water serve as pollinators, animals pollinate over three-quarters of plants in temperature regions such as Pennsylvania. Understanding pollinating beings and ou…

Instead of using chipped wood or rocks between plants, green mulch creates beautiful ecological gardens, keeps weeds away and is less work.

Brian Cunfer remembers his wife, Kathleen, squeezing his leg the first time she laid eyes on an 18th century home on Pumping Station Road.