San Diego in April is undoubtedly one of the best times of year to visit. The weather is favorable, with barely any rain, and ...

The San Diego Botanic Garden and the Salk Institute collaborate to advance plant-based drug discoveries using native plants.

The March Madness-style competition to name San Diego’s official flower is down to the final four, and online voting is now under way. Local residents are encouraged to pick between the bush sunflower ...

A sneak peek at upcoming events in County, including street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, library ...

Monkey-flowers of various ... this month around San Diego. Look for these low, shrublike plants with their tubular flowers wherever native vegetation clothes the landscape — from the coastal ...

Get top local stories in San Diego delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC San Diego's News Headlines newsletter. THE FLOWER FIELDS ... upping (literally) the garden's ethereal spirit.

March is prime time for SoCal gardeners who love to grow tomatoes, with three specialty growers having pop-up sales of hard-to-find tomato varieties.

Help save the Earth by replacing half your lawn and/or non-native plants with native species, even in containers, plus a list ...

Sharael Kolberg Home to the renowned San Diego Zoo ... permanent plants, including striking collections of tropical plants and orchids. Balboa Park also features a cactus garden, a rose garden ...

New precision genome editing technologies are transforming the therapeutic landscape for patients with certain cancers and ...

Contemporary artists are reclaiming picture frames and transforming them into sites of storytelling, history, and embodied ...

But some believe that “the Golden State” actually refers to the eye-catching blossoms of the California poppy, the delicate yellow-orange flower that blooms each spring, from Arcata in the north to ...