The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...

The winter season means spending much more time indoors, which reduces the feel-good effects of being around Mother Nature.

These pretty, early spring flowers are the first to pop up in the garden. That’s what makes hellebores, winter heath and ...

The dormant season is a great time to sow flower seeds, establish trees and shrubs, and get started on the vegetable garden.

If needed, extensive pruning should be done to spring-flowering trees and shrubs soon after they finish flowering. Prune ...

Last week, after being inside hibernating for too long, I was starting to look forward to some sunshine. On Inauguration Day, ...

January in Russia conjures up images of Muscovites crunching through the snow in bulky coats -- not bunches of delicate ...

Evergreen shrubs such as boxwood, holly, rhododendron, yew and arborvitae provide year-round green color in the landscape.

Camellias sometimes experience infestations of an insect called tea scale; several products are available to treat this ...

The installation is the second in MAM’s “Winter Series,” following last year’s Iceberg by Larry Bell. The series is meant to ...

Clivias thrive in well-draining soil that maintains some moisture without getting soggy. A blend of two parts peat moss or ...