Pollinator-friendly practices not only help Michigan-native species with more food and habitats but improve local ecosystems.

Enjoy free guided tours for all ages at Matthaei Botanical Gardens this season.

Celebrate the things that fly around us with kid-friendly activities at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

WCC has undertaken several initiatives to keep the pollinator population strong on its campus.

Gro-town is a multimedia children’s endeavor geared to showing kids where food comes from and the importance of gardening.

Learn about trees up close at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

Book a field trip at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

U-M's Matthaei Botanical Gardens are now open for scheduled visits.

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A natural areas and collections specialist at University of Michigan shares what residents should do to protect their trees from Brood X cicadas.

If you aren’t already digging around in your garden, you might be soon.

This year, after taking over the duties of feeding the community on Detroit’s East side when a nearby food bank shut down, the Sisters went into high gear -- bread, cereal, non-perishables, but fell short on produce.

BELLEVILLE, Mich. – Robson’s Greenhouse in Belleville is usually extremely busy on Easter weekend. Gretchen Whitmer’s extended stay-at-home order deems greenhouses and garden centers non-essential -- impacting the industry’s busiest time of the year. Robson’s Greenhouse, a family-run business established in 1929, is only open from mid-May until June. “If we cannot get this stuff out it turns to garbage," says Kevin Robson, owner of Robson’s Greenhouse. He hopes others can enjoy his products during this time, as he says flowers are the “best mental health remedy.”

Prince Charles attends The Cool Planet Experience at the Powerscourt House and Gardens during his visit to the Republic of Ireland on May 20, 2019, in Enniskerry, Ireland. (CNN) - Britain's Prince Charles has come under fire after becoming the patron of a group that endorses homeopathic medicine. The Prince of Wales, who is next in line to the throne, was announced as a patron of the Faculty of Homeopathy (FoH) on Wednesday. The FoH is a British professional body that regulates and promotes homeopathy, a form of complementary medicine based on the philosophy that "like cures like." "If Prince Charles wants to have a genuine positive effect on the health of the nation he intends to one day rule, he should side against those who offer dangerously misleading advice, rather than fighting their corner."