Every yard needs a tree. All the better if it’s a native species of tree, one that will support native bees, butterflies and other wildlife. “Fall is a great time for tree planting,” said Spencer ...

Big Reuse, a Gowanus-based environmental nonprofit, and Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-33) have launched a do-it-yourself tree guard project. The project is one of many community and city ...

These large, long-lived trees support more life-forms than any other trees in North America. And they’re magnificent. By Margaret Roach When I arrived years ago at the piece of land I now garden, I ...

Due to reasons such as pruning, location of growth and species characteristics, trees can grow in ways that don’t endorse long-term health and safety. To counter trees growing in unsafe ways, cabling, ...

Trees add much more than a spot of shade and a leafy green canopy to our cities. A healthy urban canopy can help our cities thrive with benefits from reducing the heat island effect to raising ...

Trees establish themselves quite well in normal situations. However, in special situations, staking, guying, or a similar system may be needed to hold trees upright until adequate root growth anchors ...

We’ve all heard of emotional support animals. But emotional support trees? Tristan Shaw finds calm through the sapling he carries on his back. “We sometimes feel the weight of the world on us and I ...

The practices that could potentially prolong your splitting tree’s life are called cabling, pictured above, bracing and guying. Maybe you have a tree that is starting to split apart, or one that is ...

When we bought our house over 20 years ago, a beautiful maple at least 50 feet tall shaded the back deck, which faces south and west. Five years later, the tree died of “old age,” according to a tree ...