Cut into the trunk of a pine tree, and you will see a familiar series of concentric rings, each corresponding to a season of growth. But not all stumps tell the same story. A study published in ...

Elevated high above the ground, tree houses are familiar symbols of childhood magic and adventure. Architect Peter Eising remembers how they captured his imagination as a child. He would scavenge for ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

A master gardener recently told me not to purchase trees with narrow angled crotches. Can you tell me what this means and why I should avoid them? Now that our trees have lost all of their leaves, it ...

In July 2017, an image made its way across social media, purporting to be an ancient, petrified trunk of what was once a huge, atavistic tree: This photograph is one of many purportedly showing giant ...

While we anxiously await the results of the state’s annual Arbor Day poster contest (sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, the U.S. Forest Service and MA Tree ...

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