A healthy garden filled with lush bushes and perennials makes a great habitat for many garden spiders. Using grass clippings as mulch specifically attracts wolf spiders.

Far from being pests, spiders help gardeners and farmers all over the world to keep plant pests at bay. Any garden may host ...

Discover the amazing spider plant! Perfect for busy women, this easy-care, air-purifying houseplant adds beauty to any home.

“Ground-dwelling species include wolf and lynx spiders, and even — in parts of the West — tarantulas,” Mizejewski says.

As autumn settles over Minnesota, gardeners may encounter a silvery shimmer across their lawns and shrubs in the early morning light. On closer inspection, they find the handiwork of funnel weaver ...

Garden spiders will build their webs in the same location all season long unless they are frequently disturbed or are not catching adequate amounts of food.

But in the garden, spiders do much more than just eat insect pests. They serve other ecosystem functions too, including as food for reptiles, amphibians, insects like mud wasps, and birds.

Don’t be afraid of spiders in your Sonoma County garden Let spiders dine freely on the more pesky insects that will really do damage to your plants.

One of the common spiders that weave webs made noticeable by that distinctive zigzag pattern called stabilimentum is the yellow garden spider; if you have a garden, you’ll probably see these as they ...

Tending to a garden provides a lifelong education in science and wonder, if you get in the dirt and look closely.

Here's how to minimize spread of spider mites and cabbage loopers in your garden.