When planting a new tree, you need to consider its mature size. Here are some of the best small trees for a small backyard or front yard.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with “The Serviceberry” author Robin Wall Kimmerer. Robin Wall Kimmerer is ...

The legacy of retired director of the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Barry Travis is growing, with the dedication of a young tree recently planted in his honor by the Little Rock Visitors ...

A decade ago, when landscape design firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates was tasked with envisioning plant life on the 606 (known to its founders and neighborhood organizers as the Bloomingdale ...

Serviceberry trees provide essential nutrients and safe nesting for bluebirds, with their bloom-to-berry timeline aligning with nesting season, potentially attracting lifelong avian visitors. Donald ...

Amelanchiers are purplish-black berries with many names: serviceberry, June berry, saskatoon berry, shadbush, are just a few. Their bright white flowers are among the first to bloom in spring and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Gardeners who have tried growing their own fruit know how difficult it can be. From meeting their soil requirements and keeping on top of ...

Two of the giveaway perennial plants at the Master Gardener booth at the 2025 Kandiyohi County Fair this year will be serviceberry and wild indigo. The Kandiyohi Soil and Water Conservation District ...

The serviceberry resembles a blueberry and is only available for a short period in June. “You have to pay attention,” says Bonnie Tawes, writer and recipe wrangler for a new cookbook that honors the ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) — In celebration of Arbor Day, community members in Traverse City have embarked on a project to create an edible landscape, starting with the planting of a ...

Right now, I’m reading "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of another well-loved nonfiction book, "Braiding Sweetgrass." Her ...