This video is no longer available. It’s a place where art and nature meet — with a deeper mission behind the beauty. In this edition of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax went to check out the ...

From desert cactuses and California redwoods to Japanese cherry blossoms and bonsai trees, these botanical gardens are bursting with life, color and variety. Wander through a menagerie of indoor and ...

Last weekend, the corpse flower at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia, bloomed. Whenever one of these plants flowers, it's big news. It's considered big news because the plant goes years ...

In the late 1960s, Paul Smitgen, a retired surgeon, and his wife Martha bought a hill in Vista. The couple loved the place — its wildlife (rabbits and coyotes), native plants and sunsets. They cleared ...