Karen is a writer and editor with more than 25 years of print and digital media experience working in newspapers, educational publishing, marketing, nonprofits, and magazines. There’s no doubt sweet ...

The best swaps for problematic backyard trees ...

One of my favourite trees, the pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia), is well suited to my urban-sized yard. This medium-sized woodland species grows about 12 feet tall (3.6 metres) and prefers dappled ...

“I’ve always been a tree person, although I’m not a tree hugger, exactly,” she said. “I was a tree climber as a kid and trees always made me feel small in a good way.” On Arbor Day (April 25), Zwarich ...

Dave Kitz has a meme on how to “trim” a Bradford pear tree: The photo shows a chainsaw cutting a towering, white-flowered tree off at the trunk. Kitz loves trees. But as an arborist with the ...

Every April, a different kind of blizzard sweeps across Chicago-area neighborhoods. White blossoms line parkways in Naperville, commercial strips in Schaumburg, and front yards in Arlington Heights.

When you hear the phrase "invasive plants," you might think of a particularly vicious plant a la Little Shop of Horrors, but that's not really how these species work. Plants that are considered ...