Seattle’s maritime climate is ideal for growing giant sequoias. Here's what to know before planting one of the fastest-growing trees on Earth.

Death appears to be imminent for a historic, giant sequoia tree in St David’s Park – with signs that nearly all its needles have turned yellow – and with a second tree now also showing signs of ...

Hartwick Pines State Park is home to the largest remaining stand of old growth pine trees in the Lower Peninsula.

When you see a plant growing, flowering and fruiting in a garden, field, forest or pot you’re only seeing a part and not the whole. Much of the plant exists below the ground in the soil in the form of ...

Here are 12 of the most beautiful national parks in the U.S.

The Moro Rock Trail in Sequoia National Park is perhaps one of my favorite hikes in the National Parks System! This marv ...

It has been declared extinct, but is considered a living fossil and is related to the California redwood and giant sequoia, diverging around 150 million years ago. The dawn redwood is resilient and ...

With 28 National parks in California, you can truly find something for everyone to see and enjoy. California National Pa ...

Redwoods in California’s coastal mountains get more of the glory including being the official state tree. But redwoods are babes and petite in terms of girth and age compared to their giant sequoia ...

Warmer winters and coastal floods are having a real impact on Blithewold's stunning gardens. Can they be saved?

Eight years before Yellowstone was established as America’s first national park, President Lincoln signed the Yosemite Valley Grant Act in 1864.

The climb begins with a choice. Keep walking or turn back and wonder what waited above the trees. Stone steps rise quickly, the air thins, and the forest starts to fall away with every turn. Few ...