Something special is coming to the Sonoma Botanical Garden. “We have gotten strong indications that the start of the annual ...

The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...

Magnolias are beginning to bud and some to bloom in gardens open to the public in Glen Ellen, Sebastopol and Occidental.

Spring is emerging from winter in my yard. Daffodils and paper whites are blooming, as well as one tree. The mystery tree ...

When planting a magnolia tree, avoid a south-facing site, as those warmer locations may cause buds to open too early in the spring—and freeze as a result. Deriving from the Japanese kobushi for ...

I find something endearingly human about a magnolia tree that scolds someone but is also punished depending on the culture and era. Its origins are old. In Japan, a fossilized pollen of a related ...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree as they visited the Godawari National Botanic Garden on the ...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh planted a magnolia tree, metres away from a pair planted by the late Queen and Duke of ...

Why give flowers? Instead, try to take your signifiant other to some of the most stunning gardens in the world. These ...

The couple, both 60, had earlier planted a magnolia tree just metres from a pair planted ... who suffered a debilitating hand injury when a Japanese soldier cut his finger with a sword.

Writer and firefighter Ibe Liebenberg recalls his firefighting training and the ways it brought him closer to nature in ...