On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.

SYLVAN TOWNSHIP -- Sap, sawdust and the Christmas spirit are in the air on the border of Jackson County. Arend Tree Farms, a fourth-generation family-owned Christmas tree farm at 3512 Notten Road in ...

A few years ago, an old lemon tree that towered in the garden of my parents’ house died, but before it did, the tree left us with a parting gift––a new sprouting lemon tree that grew right next to it.

In a corner of our backyard patio, we enjoy a strawberry arbutus tree (Arbutus unedo) with a canopy that provides shade for us and home for several generations of hummingbirds. We planted it 10 years ...

As the holiday season approaches, many Michigan families are gearing up to select the perfect Christmas tree — a tradition made possible by the state’s 500 Christmas tree farms spanning 37,000 acres.

Harper Norton, 7, picks up a tree to give away on April 26 at the Columbia Farmers Market. Harper and her mother, Danielle, came as part of Columbia’s Cub Scout Pack 704. Throughout the month of April ...