As I walked through my garden the other day, I noticed again a serviceberry called 'Smokey' and how pretty and loaded with fruit it is. Whether laden with early spring flowers, sporting bronzy leaves, ...

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 ...

Native to North America, amenable to a range of growing conditions, and beneficial to many types of wildlife, serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) is a landscaping powerhouse. It's also beautiful to behold ...

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 ...

All serviceberries bloom early in the spring and produce edible berries maturing in June or July. Have you ever driven along a road among the hills in early spring and noticed patches of white blooms ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...