Walking around the urban oasis that is Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, one wouldn’t expect to find pawpaws – the largest edible fruit native to North America – growing alongside tombstones. Stroll ...

Give it what it needs, and it will give back to your garden for decades.

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 ...

Fluffy giant pandas and ferocious Sumatran tigers get more attention, but beloved backyard trees face extinction threats, too. A new first-of-its-kind report on the conservation status of all 881 ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you live in Ohio, the term “buckeye” is ubiquitous.

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife shelter ...

Incorporating native trees into the New Jersey landscape can provide important ecosystem services while maintaining a high level of aesthetics. This year, more homeowners and nursery and landscape ...

Funding will support replacing beech trees at Schiff Nature Preserve to protect trout streams and forest health.

When Neil Patterson Jr. was about seven or eight years old, he saw a painting called “Gathering Chestnuts,” by Tonawanda Seneca artist Ernest Smith. Patterson didn’t realize that the painting showed a ...