It’s never too early to teach your kids to appreciate nature. In fact, the sooner they learn, the better. They need to be able to appreciate the natural world and understand how important it is to ...

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).

Create a winter vegetable garden with your children and enjoy planting, watering, and harvesting together while teaching them ...

Turn vegetable leftovers into a playful adventure for children, inspiring them to explore nature and enjoy small daily ...

Black Girls With Green Thumbs takes climate lessons into schools. At Emlen Elementary, children with autism learn “earth-to-table” food production. This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, ...

A child in DeVann Carter’s neighborhood assumed he was performing magic when he picked a watermelon from his backyard. He hadn’t performed magic, he was just gardening. Carter said the children ...

So you lost plants this year to May’s slogfest and then to summer’s dry heat? The full toll might not even be apparent until next spring when dead/damaged plants try to shift back into growth mode. It ...

The cultivation of crops was one of the fundamental building blocks in the creation of civilization. We humans have been growing our own food for millennia. So, if you’re in for a garden this year, ...

When she is out in her garden or tending to her plants Shayla Burge, of Springfield, Massachusetts, is at peace with nature and with herself. "It's very therapeutic, there's science behind having your ...