VAIL — Betty Ford Alpine Gardens Director Nicola Ripley was recently awarded the North American Rock Garden Societies Award of Merit. This honor is given to those who have made outstanding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we are all leading busier lifestyles, modern rock garden ideas tick the low maintenance gardening box in a big way. The ease of ...

Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) is a perennial ground cover native to the Eastern U.S. It blooms in late spring for three to four weeks, is about five to six inches tall and spreads up to two feet ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this ...

You can't grow a real alpine rock garden in the Washington area. The weather and soil are just wrong. Still, lots of people manage admirable versions, including the ...

Courtesy of the Board of Trustees Royal Botanic Gardens Kew There’s a royal treat in store for local gardeners and plant enthusiasts. Tom Freeth, a top horticulturalist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...

For about 500 years, people have been trying to recreate the alpine environment in their private and public gardens, according to Connor Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the North American Rock ...

Cradled in the Rocky Mountains, Vail’s Betty Ford Alpine Gardens were established in 1985 by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation. In 1988, the site was expanded and renamed to honor former first lady ...

THE art of growing plants among rocks disposed artistically is, perhaps, the highest form of gardening. It calls forth skill of an exceptional order, and provides a medium for expression of the ...

A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this setting. It’s also known as a rockery or ...