We use many words to describe groups of trees: forest, wood, grove, stand, copse… But what about “guild”? (Don’t worry, neither druids nor dryads are about to be invoked.) Woven into the roots of ...

We often imagine a fruit tree as a lone sentinel. It's standing tall on its own, upright and patient, waiting to offer its harvest. But just like people, fruit trees can't always thrive alone. They ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Preschool and kindergarten children from various local schools attended a tree planting on Friday at Arroyo Grande’s Elm Street Park in honor of Arbor Day. Here, Kyle Wilson, 5, holds a redwood ...