Here's what happened to the 'lost oak of Lancaster,' a 101-year-old tree honoring veterans
On Veterans Day, here's the story of Lancaster's lost memorial oak and the search for what remains.
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Erin Negley
Writing about gardening, home renovations, food and craft beer in Pa. Dutch country.
Longwood Gardens’ Chrysanthemum Festival returns with a 1,363-bloom mega mum [photos, video]
Longwood Gardens has a single chrysanthemum with 1,363 flowers! Most of the 4,500 mums on display, including this mega mum, were grown from 2-3-inch cuttings and nurtured for up to 18 months.
It's pawpaw season in Pennsylvania; here's how to find, identify and enjoy this native fruit
It's pawpaw time!
Growing linen: Watch how this Lancaster County class took flax from field to fabric
Landis Valley Museum's sold-out field-to-fabric class brought fiber fans from as far away as Minnesota to learn how to make linen.
Neighbors grew food in a secret garden for decades; Now it's Lancaster's new public community garden
For decades, this space has provided food and community: first as Depression-era victory gardens and then as a couple’s hobby. It’s now Lancaster’s newest community garden.
Watch an eaglet take its first flight from Pennsylvania’s livestreamed nest
Fly eagles fly
Here's how 5 generations turned a Gap farm into an azalea oasis [photos, video]
This Lancaster County farm has grown azaleas for almost 100 years.
These 3 Pennsylvania breweries won at the 2025 World Beer Cup
Cheers to these award-winning Pa. breweries 🍻
When will tulips bloom at Hershey Gardens and Longwood Gardens? Plus fascinating spring bulb facts
It's almost tulip time!
WATCH: This Lancaster County forager leads a morel mushroom hunt on TV
Just in time for Pennsylvania’s morel season comes a mushroom-focused episode of “America the Bountiful.” featuring a Lancaster County forager, mushroom ice pops and more.
Where to find wildflowers in Lancaster County this spring [video]
Happy spring! Time for a wildflower walk.
From Manheim Twp. to the Philadelphia Flower Show: see this winning designer's 2025 mini garden [photos]
The Philadelphia Flower Show theme is the future and often, the designs are tall, big and bold. Jet Tawara's garden entry is miniature.
Meet the woodworker turning Lancaster's Christmas tree into art [photos, video]
Holiday cheer lives on in the wooden bowls Bob Seuffert makes from Lancaster city's Christmas tree.
Want to help harvest willow for weaving? Here's how and why this crop matters [photos, video]
Growing willow is one of Horn Farm Center's newest regenerative agriculture experiments.
A Lancaster cheesemaker was among 6 from Pa. to win at World Cheese Awards
Twenty Pennsylvania cheeses now have proof they're among the best in the world.
A look inside Longwood Gardens' $250M makeover, including a 'floating' conservatory [photos, video]
A sneak peak at Longwood Gardens' new spaces.
Lancaster's newest arboretum is free, has state champions and is a cemetery [photos]
The ginkgo trees at Lancaster Cemetery, including this state champion, can be admired for their size, their beauty, their shade and their fruit in some cultures. They’ve also inspired the city's newest arboretum.
A look at Outstanding in the Field's $385 sold-out meal at a Pa. dairy farm-turned winery [photos]
It's harvest time at Wayvine and the winery just opened a new tasting room but the family made time for this big event.
'It's cannabis, but not that kind of cannabis:' Explore Lancaster County's hemp farms and future [photos]
“It’s not pretty often in American agriculture that you can rediscover a whole crop, that you can rediscover the power of a crop?”
In this Pa. neighborhood, you need to wrap up construction before quiet season starts
In this neighborhood, there's a deadline for noisy work before the summer quiet time starts.
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