The purple-hued gin cocktail always turns heads, but you can make it even more artful by garnishing it with fresh violets. The leaves and flowers are edible, and foraging for the younger flowers ...

There are between 400 and 500 species of violets worldwide, spanning colors from blue, yellow, white, purple, to orange, gentian and burgundy.

Greenbriars are not the only wild edible waiting in the wings to adorn ... especially when augmented by ramps and violet flowers and wild mustard. Another early visitor to our woods is sweet ...

The flower, when it emerges, is yellow, and shaped somewhat like a Turk’s cap. Also known as dogtooth violet, due to the tooth-like quality of the root, or corm (edible, as is the flower), the ...