My display garden at the OPC senior center in Rochester is surrounded on three sides by a rather large area that is filled with a flotsam and jetsam of grasses, sedum, daylilies and weeds. It’s a ...

Did you know that the beautiful amaranth Amaranthus caudatus ‘Love-Lies-Bleeding’ actually is an ancient grain once cultivated by the Incas and Aztecs? All amaranths are edible, including ornamentals.

One of the most strikingly beautiful plants in the Discovery Garden shares the same family as common pigweed. In its many guises, this versatile genus of herb can be used for grain, as a dye, in salad ...