There’s no doubt that we live in a beautiful part of the world, and this time of year is even more exceptional in Southwest BC as leaves...

Planting nut trees like the popular chestnut, hazel nut, or hard-shelled varieties – butternuts, heartnuts and buartnuts provide healthy...

The answer to this question relies on the species of tree and environmental growing conditions. The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine can reach...

Help your trees maintain their health with a seasonal checklist. Prune Inspect Soil Care Prepare Your Trees Prune: When pruning trees in...

Like all living things, trees have a natural lifespan. Pine trees, for example, live on an average of 50 to 450 years. Cottonwood trees,...

How do trees filter the air we breathe? Trees clean the air and improve our air quality. They exhale the oxygen we need to breathe while...

One spark can set off an out-of-control forest fire capable of destroying farms, livestock, valuable timber and our homes. Grass and...

Which trees make the best shade? We’re glad you asked. Fast growing, towering thick canopied trees block damaging UV and …

The Flowering Dogwood’s (Pacific Dogwood) blossom is BC’s floral emblem, and it’s illegal to pick the flowers. They are small trees when...

Although sapsuckers drill holes in horizontal lines in tree bark, it’s unlikely they’ll hurt the tree over time, and in the meantime,...

There are thousands of domestic bee colonies across the province, and interest is growing as we learn the importance of protecting them...

There are over 500 species of the magnificent oak growing in Europe, China, Asia, North Africa, Mexico and North America. European...

We may be wondering what landscaping chores are in queue as we watch our lawns and trees green-up with the arrival of spring. If you...

Also known as living fossil trees, the following species are evidenced by fossil records. Many fossil trees and plants can be found at...

Tree boring insects can seriously damage trees by tunneling into the inner wood to feed. They leave behind telltale signs of infestation,...