When Kathy Murphy first had her woodlands on Aspetuck Ridge Road cleared of saplings, she was enchanted by the "wild violets" revealed on the woodland floor. Three years later, Ms. Murphy realized ...

Any gardener knows the job of weeding’s never really done. There’s always something growing where it shouldn’t. If you’re lucky, it’s only one something, and it’s not a something that spreads.

As we continue to progress toward national invasive species awareness week Feb. 20-26, I’m highlighting a pervasive invasive herbaceous plant found in natural areas and in some landscapes in Indiana: ...

It's that time of the year — time to harvest garlic mustard — for salads, and to eradicate the rest of this tasty garlic-smelling spring salad, a biennial native of Europe. It is among the more ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Jason Michael Thomas from Urban Awareness Gardens showcased a unique recipe for wild garlic mustard pesto, emphasizing the importance of removing this invasive plant from local ...

Garlic mustard sounds like something you'd plant in an herb garden, but it's actually an invasive species that is smothering forests and harming native plants and wildlife habitats. Metro Natural ...

Even worse are rhizome spreaders like ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) and mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), which several readers identified, some after months of confusion. Reader Tricia in ...

This noxious weed may be less fearful than thought, a symptom of harm rather than its main cause. It's also edible—but beware the cyanide. Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) is a noxious weed and ...

Do you dream of being able to live off of the local land? That’s the lifestyle Chef Jason Michael, owner of Urban Awareness Garden, has established for himself, and a lot of the food he used to ...