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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scranton resident Tracy Tugwell and her family are particular about their Christmas tree. From northern California, near the Redwoods and some of the biggest trees in the world, Tugwell “has a big ...

Thousands of trees were uprooted across New York City in Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4. The city’s Parks Department received more than 21,000 service requests for street and park trees following ...

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — Since 2005, The Trees for Troops program, with the help of FedEx Corp., has delivered Christmas trees to servicemen and women as well as their families throughout the country with ...

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 ...