Field Guide · The Genus Rhus · Southeastern United States. A grower's guide to the sumacs Woodlanders keeps in cultivation, from staghorn and smooth sumac to the federally endangered Michaux's,...

Field Guide · Native Flora · The Bartram Trail The Plants Bartram Saw A walk through the southeastern flora documented by William Bartram in Travels (1791) — and a quiet...

Woodlanders Journal Restoring Connectivity Using the power of the home garden to mend native landscapes. On habitat fragmentation, pollinator decline, and how the home garden can become one of the...

Woodlanders Field Guide Oglethorpe Oak (Quercus oglethorpensis): Designing with a Rare White Oak That Lives Where Water Lingers A research-grounded species profile plus a design-forward, practical guide to siting, establishing,...

Essay • Longleaf Pine • Restoration & Design Longleaf, Reimagined An opinion piece from a student of horticulture—and a lover of design. Longleaf pine stand (Osceola National Forest, Florida). Image...

Woodlanders Botanicals Conradina: the scrubland rosemary that teaches you how to design with place A genus that looks Mediterranean, smells like the mint family it belongs to, and tells the...

Ethnobotany • Botanical History • Cultivation Lore Franklinia alatamaha: The Lost Tree That Refused to Die A long-form editorial for gardeners, historians, and the incurably curious—about a flower that blooms...

If Quercus alba could write its autobiography, it might end with gratitude. Not for the ships it built or the barrels it sealed, but for the overlooked gardeners and land...

In every true garden, whether broad as a plantation field or bound within the fencing of a humble town plot, there exists the potential for legacy. Not merely the legacy...

“In the South, we have plants as charming as our porch swings and just as resilient as our summers.” Enter Clinopodium georgianum, or Georgia calamint, an unassuming native herb with...