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Cities are adding trees and green spaces as one way to blunt the impact of warmer average temperatures and heat waves that ...

Make use of shade trees ... on hot summer days. A small patch of native (low-water) lawn or a spreading ground cover can cool soil around a home and outdoor living areas. In addition, foliage ...

Fall color isn't exclusive to northern climes. Choose your trees well, and you can have it in New Orleans as well.

The Lipote tree is a rare tropical tree native to the Philippines, known for its antioxidant-rich fruits, cultural ...

The Alim tree (Melanolepis multiglandulosa) is a versatile species known for its ecological, medicinal, and agroforestry ...

Washington Avenue, the entry to downtown, is the city’s best-known tree haven but far from the only neighborhood where trees ...

You'd think L.A.'s 'perfect' street tree would be a California native. So why does the city plant so many trees from ...

You can plant healthy trees in containers throughout the year if you have access to water, but October is probably the best ...

Some will deliver; others expect customers to pick up the trees, which are usually small enough to fit in a ... bringing beauty, shade and energy savings to city neighborhoods while expanding ...

As part of Reforest Spokane Day, Frost Andersen, her husband Craig Andersen, and Aidan Andersen, were three of the 200 ...

It's hotter in urban areas than surrounding suburbs — the “urban heat island” effect — because of abundant heat-absorbing surfaces. Trees and vegetation provide shade while lowering ...