The annual Leopold Bench Workshop at the Indiana Dunes State Park paid homage to Aldo Leopold, the “father of modern-day ecology,” said Brad Bumgardner, the park’s interpretive naturalist. In 1949, ...

The ecologist Eugene Odum often made the point that every subject has a connection directly or indirectly to the natural environment. He was noted for quickly steering any conversation around to an ...

An Aldo Leopold bench is not for slouchers. The University of Wisconsin professor whose essays in “A Sand County Almanac” have inspired generations of conservationists constructed his garden bench so ...

An easy-to-make, durable and comfortable bench often is pictured outside the Aldo Leopold shack, which occupies part of an abandoned farm on land Leopold purchased in 1935. The farm is on the sandy ...

A new feature of the 2016 Stepping Stones Garden Tour is the raffle of five decorated Aldo Leopold garden benches. The benches will be on display through June 24 at Acoustic Café, the Raw Deal, ...

Great patio furniture makes your garden a delightful place to gather with friends. A garden bench is altogether different: A well-chosen, well-placed bench gives you a place all for yourself. A garden ...

There are a lot of things you could call me. And if any of those are, you know, mean — please keep them to yourself. But one thing few people will ever call me is a woodworker. I have never been good ...

The ecologist Eugene Odum often made the point that every subject has a connection directly or indirectly to the natural environment. He was noted for quickly steering any conversation around to an ...