There’s nothing more relaxing in summer and fall than venturing into the garden to harvest edible greens, herbs and flowers. In my garden, tomatoes, herbs, berries and citrus thrive tucked throughout ...

Fifty years ago, a drive down Baseline Road near South Mountain was a Sunday destination. It offered mile after mile of explosive colors and exotic flowers, thanks to the Japanese flower farmers. The ...

SAN MATEO -- Mayme Leong is well into her 90s but she still has a hand in shaping her family's San Mateo business. "I love to come here, help out a little bit. I don't make the big things, I make ...

To this day, I meet other people who share with me equally vivid memories of the farms. One friend told me: “I would drive my mom there every weekend!” Although all of the flower fields are gone now, ...

Parades, lion dances, firecrackers … there are many ways to celebrate the Year of the Horse this month around Orange County.

Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ fall flower show is like the season itself ­— a brief but welcome respite before the return of a long and cold winter in Pittsburgh. “Japanese Inspirations” ...

The exhibit traces the legacy of Japanese flower growers in the area, a history that impacts immigration policy around the time of World War II and showcases a new group of entrepreneurs that arrived ...

I arrived at work with a handful of flowers wrapped in a soggy paper towel and asked a colleague if I could borrow a vase. I explained that I'd just come from a flower-arranging class. My co-worker ...