VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Director Nicola Ripley was recently awarded the North American Rock Garden Societies Award of Merit. This honor is given to those who have made outstanding ...

As we are all leading busier lifestyles, modern rock garden ideas tick the low maintenance gardening box in a big way. The ease of rock gardens can largely be put down to their natural ...

Homeowners watched their autumn yards fill with snow. Aspen trees lost their delicate golden leaves. Temperatures plunged. The snow gods gave more. And more and more and more. Even in April. Usually ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

This is the amazing story of how a Wenatchee family transformed a barren hillside into a nationally acclaimed garden. The photos demonstrate ingenious ways to put natural rock formations, alpine ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this ...

You can't grow a real alpine rock garden in the Washington area. The weather and soil are just wrong. Still, lots of people manage admirable versions, including the ...

Courtesy of the Board of Trustees Royal Botanic Gardens Kew There’s a royal treat in store for local gardeners and plant enthusiasts. Tom Freeth, a top horticulturalist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...

The North American Rock Garden Society Alpine Plant Sale is the Botanic Gardens’ undiscovered treasure. While hordes descend upon the gardens during the annual spring sale in May, the atmosphere is ...

Place of publication varies: Woking, Surrey, . Description based on: Vol. 26, no. 1 (Mar. 1958); title from cover. Issue for v. 53, no. 4- called also no. 22- Vol. 29, no. 3/4 published jointly by the ...

A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this setting. It’s also known as a rockery or ...