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Young people in Burnt Oak are being encouraged to pick up their gardening tools and help make their estate a better place.

Until a week ago we had a 30m-plus eucalyptus behind our house. It was a gorgeous thing, obviously much older than I, and I was very emotionally attached to it.

This week Fowler YMCA launched its series of "Lunch and Learns" for spring 2013, and kicked it off with a gardening session led by garden expert, Mickey Gazaway from Pike's Nursery.

DEAR JOAN: Can you identify this reptile for us? I'm not sure if it's a snake or a skink.

Purdue University's Allen County Extension is looking for neighborhoods that would like to become greener.

Sharole Tylor and local residents have taken matters into their own hands after the city failed to respond to repeated complaints.

The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area.

There are over 300 exhibits and five acres of displays this weekend at the Fryeburg Fairgrounds.

Not sure what to do about those bugs chewing up your flowers? Concerned about selecting the right plants for your yard? Wondering what kind of grass is the most drought tolerant? Just pick up the phone and call the Hillsborough County Extension .

One hundred years of glorious gardens will be celebrated when the world's most famous flower show throws its doors open this week.

With the arrival of warm weather, it is likely that gardeners and yard workers may soon come into contact with snakes.

Solemi Pedraza and her children, Nemiah, 10, and St. Marks, 13, work in their family plot during the North Middle School Garden Festival in Aurora, CO May 18, 2013.

Autumn is a great time to plant trees, shrubs and hardy winter plants, as the soil is neither too dry nor too wet.

A home behind the Willow Tree Garden and Flower Center on Salem Street in Wakefield was damaged in a two-alarm fire early Thursday afternoon.

Can you tell me the name of this plant? The Italian lady who gave it to me told me that "in the old country," they would tie it to the rafters in the house to keep mice from running there.

Alexandria's Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Activities is proposing new community gardens, a fenced-in dog park, new trails and many more amenities to Four Mile Run Park as part of its draft improvement plan.

You are going to grow vegetables this year, your first-ever garden. Congratulations. Nothing beats home-grown vegetables.

Eric Whipp, owner of Landscape Technologies, uses native plants and rocks at his home in San Dimas.

Add taking a drink of water straight from the garden hose to the list of traditional activities that it turns out might be hazardous.

The garden of Fran Spearman will be featured on the Keep Smyrna Beautiful's Fifth Annual Garden Tour on Saturday.