The global construction industry is looking for ways to replace concrete, which is responsible for 8% of global carbon ...

The Savannah Tree Foundation plans to plant and give away 6,500 trees in the next year to combat a declining tree canopy. Chatham County's iconic live oak trees are nearing the end of their natural ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

The proper timing of gardening work has a real impact on getting the desired results. One of the challenges of gardening in southeast Louisiana (or anywhere) is learning when activities like planting, ...

One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, researchers write in a new report in the journal Science. The researchers ...

This is always a bittersweet time of the year for me. Gardening is one of my favorite activities during the summer, but in my ...

When Taylor Guitars acquired an ebony mill in Cameroon to supply wood for their renowned acoustic guitars, owner Bob Taylor wanted to give back by planting new trees, even knowing they could take ...

The suburban Chicago village of Romeoville, Illinois announced Monday that it will plant 2,500 native trees under a tree replacement program. Many of the trees will be brand-new plantings, but some ...

People used to head upstate for historic architecture and views of open farmland. Now they’re going to eat. The region that ...

In the early part of the 20th century, the American chestnut was ravaged by an invasive fungus that arrived from Asia. That fungus made the American chestnut functionally extinct, and although some ...

It’s easy to compost your fallen leaves and easier still to keep them in your garden beds, where they’ll enrich the soil and ...

Eight neighbourhoods across Ottawa are in desperate need of urban tree canopy, according to a new tree equity analysis. According to a city memo, Ottawa’s overall tree canopy increased from 34 per ...