Concerns about falling branches, aging trees, and maintaining a healthy shade canopy dominated discussions on Thursday afternoon during the town’s public shade tree hearing, where officials reviewed ...

* What they are: Swamp white oak is a long-lived Pennsylvania-native shade tree that’s a good food source for a variety of moth and butterfly caterpillars as well as a good supplier of acorns for ...

There is no perfect tree. Some come pretty close: if ginkgo trees grew faster, we’d plant more of them. They get quite large with age, have excellent branch structure and deep roots, no pest or ...

On a 92-degree Saturday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, I went looking for shade in Cully Park, which was built on top of an old landfill and opened in 2018. The city included plenty of trees in the ...

Trees are beautiful additions to your yard, but they can make it feel dark and gloomy. There are ways to brighten it up ...

Falls Township Supervisors said the merger comes from declining volunteer membership.

In 2010, Phoenix City Council approved an ambitious goal to plant enough trees to shade 25% of the city by 2030. Thirteen years later, city officials don't know how much progress they've made, if any.