BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Just behind Johns Hopkins University by San Martin Drive, you'll find Deb Howard, from the Baltimore Orchard Project, foraging for food. "I'm picking serviceberries, which are ...

Serviceberries are a relative of roses with a somewhat morbid history. This pretty native tree begins to bloom around the time the ground thaws—the same time it was possible to start digging graves in ...

A decade ago, when landscape design firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates was tasked with envisioning plant life on the 606 (known to its founders and neighborhood organizers as the Bloomingdale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Serviceberry trees in bloom - TasfotoNL/Shutterstock Native to North America, amenable to a range of growing conditions, and ...

Local foragers know that the last stretch of spring is the serviceberry’s time to shine. The North American native plant’s harvesting season is reaching its tail end. Atlanta foragers, chefs, and ...

On a sunny morning in late June, I noticed some leaves shaking in one particular spot on my serviceberry tree. I knew what that meant. The fruits were ripening. An American robin assured me it was ...

During the summer months in the Vail area, our hillsides and valleys burst into familiar color with a range of native plants. Many of these plants are not only beautiful, they are often edible and ...

Have you ever driven along a road among the hills in early spring and noticed patches of white blooms in the otherwise bare woods? You are seeing one of nature's early season gifts. Serviceberry, ...

In case you haven’t heard, I have a new favorite fruit — the western serviceberry (Amelianchier alnifolia). Just one fruit. That’s all it took. Days before that first taste, I happened across a fun ...