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The article discusses the landscape design of the green space and playground on the piers of the Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City

The article informs on the efforts of Anne Whiston Spirn in fixing Mill Creek brick sewer pipe in West Philadelphia.

The article features Malaysian garden designer Lim In Chong, winner of 2013 Gardening World Cup in Japan. Topics include Lim competing for the first time at the 2015 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society as well as Lim being known in Southeast Asia for the interplay of form and texture in his tropical landscape. Also mentioned are his insights on garden design, including to decide what one wants out of the garden and to study garden books for basic principles.

The article presents information on the differences in the genetics of Asian Beetles, and their methods of damaging trees and their physical differences.

The article reviews landscape architecture of the Tylee Farm at the Southern Post Oak Savanna in Houston, Texas by landscape architect Studio Outside.

The article informs about the need of preserving farmlands and farmers, and presents views of National Young Farmers Coalition's director Lindsey Lusher Shute, on decreasing number of farmlands.

The article discusses the architectural design of Long Dock Park in Beacon, New York designed by architectural firms Reed Hilderbrand, Patkau Architects and Architecture Research Office.

The article offers information on the native box turtles, discussing their behavior, their decline in population because of environmental degradation, and their laying and hatching of eggs, also offers information on box turtles gardening.

The article discusses the courtship and reproductive behaviors of cardinals, noting a study conducted by biologist Susan DeVries and Caitlin Winters about hormones that influence aggression and parenting.

The article offers the author's insights on the spring flowers in the woodlands including Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica), bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria).

The article offers information about toads found in gardens, their anatomy, nutrition, habitat and their significance in keeping pest population in gardens.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of witnessing how the Sturnus vulgaris or European or common starling bird live, sing and protect their territory.

The article offers information on the emerald ash borer which kills white ash trees in the U.S. Topics include the insect's spread to several states including Wisconsin, Georgia, and Missouri, its discovery in Michigan in 2003, and the death of millions of trees like the green ash, white ash, and black ash by 2013. It also discusses the effectiveness of the broad-spectrum systemic pesticide called Merit and use of ash for furniture, baskets, and saw timber.