Nothing says summer like a still-warm-from-the-sun blueberry. And with blueberries costing an arm and a leg at the grocery store, those fresh-picked berries taste even better. They’re surprisingly ...

From shade to chestnuts, new planting methods and diverse business models are making tree integration more viable than ever.

Portland is about to get a lot leafier. Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry team is rolling out a plan to put 8,500 ...

Knotweed requires some preparation but promises an endless supply. Sumac makes a great sour drink, akin to pink lemonade.

Several trees, such as the Fringetree and Coral bean, are native to Florida and attract local wildlife like birds and hummingbirds. Non-native trees like the Golden trumpet and Jacaranda also thrive ...

Every spring brings a new growing season and, for me and other garden communicators, dozens of not-yet-available sample plants sent by breeders and ...

A well-placed tree transforms the landscape, creating a sense of comfort and shelter that boosts our well-being while delivering countless benefits to the home environment. Aesthetically, trees ...

In early April, lightning streaked across the black clouds looming over my city, and thunder roared. I stood under a 100-year-old redwood with fellow tree planters caught off guard on a natural ...

An independent, nonprofit news organization bringing readers facts and analysis from researchers and scientists to help them make sense of a complex world. Around the world, people plan to plant more ...

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change and reduce biodiversity loss. But if the past is prologue, many of those ...

John Parker, SERC senior scientist and co-lead scientist of the Functional Forests Project, plants a sapling in the new restoration experiment. To grow a successful forest, planting trees is not ...