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The article profiles horticulturist Allen Bush, highlighting his garden at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Topics addressed include the origins of the Iris Swertii flowers in Bush's garden, Bush's career history operating a perennial plant nursery and working in the seed industry, as well as his approach to gardening.

The article discusses brothers and sisters who share bedrooms in urban settings, highlighting several examples in New York City as of February 5, 2014. Topics addressed include the psychological impact of sharing a bedroom for young children, the history of shared bedrooms in the United States, and considerations of the proper age to separate siblings into their own private rooms.

The article discusses the fact that the majority of individuals working at urban community gardens and farms are women, focusing on urban agriculture in New York City. Topics addressed include women farm managers' speculation on the reasons why fewer men apply for positions at urban farms and community gardens, stereotypes regarding women gardeners, and the significance of the social causes behind working in urban agriculture.

The article discusses Adamah, a Jewish farming fellowship program located in Falls Village, Connecticut. Topics addressed include Adamah graduates' work in farming, sustainability, and Jewish food; young Jews' attitudes towards participating in Adamah; and descriptions of daily life working and living at Adamah.

The article discusses the development of the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden in Des Moines, Iowa, highlighting the work of horticulturists Kelly Norris, Tyler Johnson, Josh Schultes and Winston Beck as managers of the garden. Topics addressed include Norris' youth and his interest and involvement in horticulture from an early age, as well as efforts to improve Des Moines' reputation through the garden.

The article discusses efforts to grow peanut plants at the Battery Urban Farm in New York City as of May 28, 2014, highlighting obstacles facing the possibility of growing peanut plants in New York due to climate. Topics addressed include the history of the significance of peanuts in New York; second-grade students' efforts to help plant peanuts at the farm; and peanut planting at the Weeksville farm in Brooklyn, New York City.

The article discusses a trend of a declining number of U.S. homeowners planting trees and shrubs as of May 14, 2014. Topics addressed include plants that have declined in popularity, such as the catalpa tree (cigar tree), Oriental bittersweet, and crinums, as well as the views of garden historian Denise Wiles Adams, research geneticist Richard T. Olsen, and research scientist Peter Del Tredici.

The article discusses the gardening advice from garden designers Susan Cohan, Rizaniño (Riz) Reyes, and Janet Draper regarding how to utilize a neglected 10-by-10 foot space in a home's yard. Topics addressed include the planning of a shade garden using various hedges and taller plants, as well as the use of plants such as Agave parryi, Arctostaphylos densiflora Sentinel, and Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus).

The article profiles author and architectural historian Virginia Savage McAlester. Topics addressed include her struggle with leukemia; her efforts to update her book "A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture;" and her home in Dallas, Texas.

The article focuses on the Christmas-tree cultivation research of the plant pathologist Gary Chastagner of Washington State University. It states that Chastagner is planning to conduct a RNA-sequencing trial worth 1.3 million dollars, wherein the trees would undergone needle retention. Furthermore, it says that the Christmas tree sales in the U.S. begins to increase after the fourth of July, wherein as the months pass by, some purchases Christmas tree that were called as artificial.