"Placing guards around tree pits allows urban trees to absorb more storm water runoff, taking pressure off the city sewer system," said the study's senior author, Patricia Culligan, a professor at ...

Big Reuse, a Gowanus-based environmental nonprofit, and Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-33) have launched a do-it-yourself tree guard project. The project is one of many community and city ...

Hi all, just got my tree planted by the Million Trees city project. Does anyone know if the city also provides guards, or if that’s the owner’s obligation? Also, if anyone has any recommendations, I’d ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Temperatures are finally dropping and leaves are changing color. Autumn is progressing well in my opinion. Before you know it winter will be here, and some people will be ...

If you’re one of those admirable people to have made a street guard to protect your street tree, please make sure that you do not raise the soil above ground level in the process. The soil needs to ...

Help apples, pears, and other fruit trees survive the cold with these winterizing tips. Remove leaves, windfall fruit, and weeds around trees, and mulch for soil insulation. Protect trees with tree ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A section of Targee Street in Stapleton is looking a little spiffier thanks to a group of local teens. The young Staten Islanders were charged with creating tree guards through a ...