In all the time I’ve spent cruising around my quiet Seattle neighborhood for fallen sidewalk fruit (the semi-bruised apples are delicious), I’ve never thought to myself: “Geez. I wish all these trees ...

There’s some big machines in your yard waking up. They’re your trees! It’s amazing to follow what goes on inside trees as they wake up and they don’t make any noise. I asked Dennis Swartzell of ...

Is there anything better than letting your grandchildren run around bare foot in a huge garden enjoying whatever is ripe that day?

Trees, is there anything they can’t do? Doubtful. Let’s see: producing half the world’s oxygen, providing habitat for millions of species, creating the soil and timber resources we depend on. Not bad.

Many people celebrate Arbor Day by planting trees, but it’s a great excuse to hike and camp around them too. “Getting outside being around trees certainly has a restorative quality for us,” says Chris ...

We are blessed in Tallahassee to have so many amazing trees and a rich urban canopy. Unfortunately, that urban canopy is under constant stress from development and construction activities. Many ...

We know what you're thinking: "Upside-down Christmas trees? But why?!" Don't get us wrong: There's a lot to love about the traditional Christmas tree, and we don't want to turn the whole holiday ...

I recently returned from a visit to Flathead Lake in Montana. While there, I was fortunate enough to visit a three-acre (or ...