Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. During ...

As a kid, I remember watching time-lapse videos of a flower blooming or of the sun racing across the sky. Of course, things don't happen that way in nature with one possible exception: sprouting, ...

a woman touches a fern frond in a garden - Tom Werner/Getty Images As gardeners feel a nip of fall in the air, their thoughts turn to garden cleanup, preparing beds and plants for winter, and setting ...

The sensitive fern – named due to its sensitivity to drought and frost – is a widespread species found throughout eastern North America and eastern Asia. It is a dimorphic plant because it has two ...