After 28 years at Delaware’s Mt. Cuba Center, master horticulturalist David Korbonits has a new happy place in Villanova.

Mt. Cuba Center is a beautiful botanic garden committed to the conservation of native plants and their habitats.

The center prides itself on its fun programs all highlighting native plants, trees and shrubs. Join Home and Backyard for a private tour of the Mount Cuba Center Pond gardens.

And, while azaleas can certainly carry a garden, particularly when in peak bloom, there are more than a few companion plants that will add to their colorful springtime show.

He said Mt. Cuba Center’s philosophy is “conservation by addition,” and he encouraged adding even just one native plant to a garden to join the native plant movement.

However, if you really want to see and/or learn about native plants that grow in the mid-Atlantic area, the place to go is the Mt. Cuba Center botanical park in the Piedmont area of Hockessin ...

This undated photo provided by Mt. Cuba Center shows the Hockessin, Del. botanical garden’s formal South Garden, planted entirely with native plants and cultivars of native plants, including: ...

Cavano’s approached Mt. Cuba with the idea for a collaboration in 2022 after seeing consistent growth in the native plant category. However, homeowners were still having trouble identifying superior ...

Cavano’s approached Mt. Cuba with the idea for a collaboration in 2022 after seeing consistent growth in the native plant category. However, homeowners were still having trouble identifying superior ...

This online, self-paced six-session course from Mt. Cuba Center teaches how to identify 60 trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials. There are also three garden tours at Mt. Cuba Center. $205.

You want to attract butterflies to your garden. They're pretty, they're pollinators, and they're important to the ecosystem. Butterfly bush may seem like an ideal plant to grow to support butterfly ...