On a sunny morning in late June, I noticed some leaves shaking in one particular spot on my serviceberry tree. I knew what that meant. The fruits were ripening. An American robin assured me it was ...

Cindy Higgerson picks serviceberries at Flourish Farm and Folk School on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Godfrey, Illinois. Serviceberries, or juneberries, grow on shrubs and trees across the Midwest and ...

Serviceberries are a relative of roses with a somewhat morbid history. This pretty native tree begins to bloom around the time the ground thaws—the same time it was possible to start digging graves in ...

The young serviceberry plantings now cover 20 hectares. The berries harvested from this plot will be Ukraine’s first industrial-scale serviceberry crop, said the farm’s owner, Oleh Levchenko. Open the ...

A decade ago, when landscape design firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates was tasked with envisioning plant life on the 606 (known to its founders and neighborhood organizers as the Bloomingdale ...

Serviceberries can be meatier and provide more fiber than a blueberry. They also are considered high in iron, calcium, manganese and magnesium. With a flavor compared to blueberries or blackberries ...

The serviceberry is a true local champion, delivering beauty, food and resilience with minimal fuss. As the season is winding down, gardeners across the Pikes Peak region are experiencing that “go out ...