After a long day of photographing wildlife, columnist Bill Danielson spots a porcupine munching on flower buds high in a backyard maple tree.

Among the oaks, white, red and bur oak all stand tall as ecological heavyweights. Their acorns feed wildlife, their canopies ...

It was the end of an exciting day of nature photography and as I pulled into my driveway I figured that I was done for the ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

The Oxford Village Tree Board will hold its 32nd “Tree City USA” and Arbor Day celebration at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 26 at the LaFayette Park bandstand in the village. According to a news release, ...

If your yard could use more shade and needs it pronto, here are some of the best fast-growing shade trees to plant in the ...

We recently returned from a trip to Virginia to visit family and spent time being “Leaf Peepers.” There’s something magical ...

It wasn’t until the 1960s and ‘70s when interest in Japanese gardens began to develop. These special maples again caught the ...

Bellevue Botanical Garden will debut a new feature this spring: Habitats at Home. Ahead of Earth Day, we got the scoop on the ...

A couple of years after retiring from a career in accounting and technology, Hibler hired on at West Seattle Nursery, where he became the nursery’s tree buyer ... or deep red maple flowers ...

To help address the hazards of these trees, the N.C. State Extension has a free service called the Bradford Pear Bounty ...