#funfactfriday Everyone knows that conifer trees (like pine, fir, spruce) are evergreens, meaning they keep their needle-like leaves all...

Although other cacti can grow here in your garden, the Brittle Prickly Pear cactus is the only cactus species native to the Okanagan! ...

Tuesday September 22nd was the fall equinox, the transition when days begin to be shorter than the nights in the northern hemisphere. Did...

There are many Black Cottonwood trees found throughout the Okanagan valley. Although they do not have high timber value, they do have...

Is your flower garden drooping in the summer heat? Try using native plants! Because we live in such a dry climate, many native plants...

Biodiversity is short for biological diversity, but what does that mean? Biodiversity is the variety of life- the number of species, or...