Michigan's maple syrup season comes to sweet end with 2 festivals

After months of harvesting sweet sap from thousands of maple trees, two Michigan communities are celebrating the end of the ...
Southern Living

How To Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees That Bloom Beautifully

The flowering dogwood tree (Cornus florida) is an all-season beauty that fits in any garden. Here's the best time to plant ...
Connecticut Public

Making maple syrup is a beloved New England tradition. Meet a CT couple tapping trees for decades

Bill and Amy Proulx started making maple syrup in 1993 with 20 sap buckets and a lasagna pan in the driveway. Today, their ...

Not in Switzerland. This train trip in summers named world’s most scenic journey - Cherry blossoms, lush forests, majestic mountains

Japan's Sagano Romantic Train is named the world's most scenic journey. This sightseeing express runs between Saga Torokko ...
VegOut Magazine

I'm 70 and I planted a tree for every year of my life last autumn — I don't know who will sit in the shade of most of them, and for the first time that feels like enough of …

At 70, with dirt under my fingernails and knees that haven't forgiven me, I discovered that planting trees for strangers' ...

The Golfing Gardener: Japanese Maples – Reticulated Foliage

If I look back to the beginnings of my own plant addiction many moons ago, Japanese Maples (along with dwarf conifers) caught ...
CapRadio

Capitol Park has trees from all over the world. Here are some native to California

There are over 800 trees planted in Capital Park in Downtown. Trees include Coastal Redwoods, Giant Sequoias, Palms, Chinese ...

After holding its nose for decades, NJ finally bans stinky Bradford pear tree

Every spring, the Bradford pear trees are blossoming and filling New Jersey neighborhoods with their horrible fishy odor.
Family Destinations Guide

Everyone In Michigan Needs To Take These 7 Gorgeous Hikes That Are All Under 5 Miles

The Rosy Mound Natural Area Trail offers about 2.5 miles of classic Michigan landscape. This network includes multiple loops, ...
IGN

We Build The LEGO Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree

The LEGO Botanicals collection features some incredible plant and floral sets, from smaller bouquets you can put in a vase to slightly bigger builds that can be set up on display around your home. The ...
The Washington Post

A hidden threat to maple syrup — and the people who make it

HIGHTOWN, Virginia — The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species ...