Thirty years ago, I got some small white oak seedlings, then planted them in my yard. Now I have five great big oak trees. And thank goodness, as oak trees serve as the larval food source for almost a ...

If you plan to plant a tree this year, why not consider an oak? “An oak is the best tree to choose because it is the No. 1 plant for supporting the food web, ” says University of Delaware entomologist ...

Of the thousands of native plants and trees that most Americans and nearly all Minnesotans can plant in their yards, one species towers above the rest. To do the most good for the most things, and ...

White State Forest for length, thickness and root quality. A team of tree pickers follow the slow moving tractor pulling a ...

Sarah Cooper, right, tosses a tub of shumard oak tree seedlings onto a trailer in March 2025 at George O. White State Forest Nursery, in Licking, Missouri. The tractor takes the seedlings to a ...

Forty years ago, a small program was launched to send local fourth graders home with free seedlings in celebration of Arbor Day. It began with a few hundred seedlings given away to a few Coeur d'Alene ...

If you plan to plant a tree this year, why not consider an oak? "An oak is the best tree to choose because it is the No. 1 plant for supporting the food web, " says University of Delaware ...

In 1872, a Nebraska newspaper editor and tree lover named J. Sterling Morton proposed dedicating a day to planting trees in his home state. The idea, shall we say, took root. Historic Garden Week ...