The bonus of a four-season yard is that the trees and shrubs, in particular, provide food and shelter for the birds, beneficial insects and other creatures that share this world with us. Evergreens ...

Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention. After all, branches without needles would be rather unattractive. Or would ...

Designer Bianca Censori, the wife of the rapper Ye – formerly known as Kanye West, has created a series of tables and chairs in which the female body becomes part of the furniture. The pieces, with ...

Hardwoods, known as broadleafs, are trees classed as angiosperms with ovules enclosed for fruit protection. When appropriately watered on good fertile sites or fed in the landscape with a unique tree ...

I’m walking in the Eifel Mountains in western Germany, through cathedral-like groves of oak and beech, and there’s a strange unmoored feeling of entering a fairy tale. The trees have become vibrantly ...

Every year, a 20-metre Christmas tree from Norway is erected in Trafalgar Square. Image: iStock/stockcam "Trafalgar Square is changed as never before. A 48-ft Christmas tree has sprung up on the west ...

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Behind a nondescript brick wall, an overgrown residential lot is transformed into a verdant public garden celebrating the life and work of local activists Cass Turnbull and Kay Bullitt, champions of ...

Steve Nyseth points to one of his 8,000 filbert trees at his farm near Sweet Home. Nyseth said the hazelnut-producing tree requires constant pruning to prevent it from turning to a bush, which would ...