Jeanette Marantos, a Features reporter, died following an emergency heart issue. She helped educate readers about native California plants. She described her reporting as her own ongoing education.

The best hope for a potential superbloom is if Southern California can get some cool, wet weather next week, one expert says, but the chances of that are iffy.

Susanne Hammel-Sawyer knew almost nothing about the traditions of her Chumash ancestors until she was 70. Today she is one of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ premier basketmakers.

In Borrego Springs, you’ll find a mini explosion of sunflowers, desert sand-verbena, basket evening primrose and even elusive desert lilies.

For the second time in three years, someone has been hacking off and stealing waxy, 2-to-4-foot-long serrated leaves from agave plants at east Torrance homes.

For 50-plus years, Weidner’s Gardens in Encinitas has specialized in ‘growing color,’ from begonias to poinsettias.

You’re probably aware that fallen leaves make good mulch, but they can also aid the garden and the flower beds if you make leaf mold.

Those who love gardening tend to prefer quality over ritzy bling. This Gift Guide list is heavy on handsome, useful items for plant lovers that won’t break the bank even if you opt to choose two or three.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing is getting plants this month, about 5,000 native plants grown from seed gathered from the surrounding hills in 2022.

Since 2022, a group of queer Angelenos has cared for a native-plant parkway garden in Glendale. They see themselves in its resilient growth.

The former CEO of Reddit says people have been wanting a verified way to plant trees.

Humans first began foraging for food some 12,000 years ago, long before they developed agricultural tools that overshadowed the ancient act that helped sustain early humans.