Would you like to dress up your tree with a garden around it? That’s fine — as long as it consists of compatible plants in the ground, and is not a raised planter. Raised planters are a common sight ...

Q: I have two well-established trees in my front yard — a sugar maple and a Thundercloud plum — that cast dense shade and prevent grass from growing underneath. A landscape designer I consulted ...

Fruit trees can thrive anywhere, even in containers, so long as the drainage is good, they're not planted too deep, and receive proper nutrition. (Sharon Mollerus) We're well into winter, but ...

When it comes to making weed-pulling and vegetable harvesting easier, many gardeners find raised beds to be better than in-ground ones. There won't be many vegetables, however, if your raised bed's ...

Bay Area Jefferson Award winner: Kemba Shakur, founder of the Oakland-based Urban Releaf, a nonprofit tree-planting and job-training program. How she started: It may seem natural that the descendant ...