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Posts tagged “trees”

PlantTherapy: 1 Million More Trees for NYC by 2017

The NY Times article "For Urban Tree Planters, Concrete Is the Easy Part" writes about Arthur Simpson, one of the 24 foresters hired this past year to get the city's Million Trees Initiative under w...

PlantTherapy: Springtime Blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic

Seeing the spring cherry blossoms never gets old. But I never get to see them more than once or twice before they are gone for a year. This beautiful time-lapse video comes via the Brooklyn Botani...

PlantTherapy: Blossoming Branches

Almost every day in spring could come with a reminder of some seasonal flower that we should enjoy while we can. Right now I have cherry blossoms in mind, and now is the perfect time to get them at...

From re-nest
Our site that covers abundant design for green homes

• Which tree should you plant to capture the most carbon? the re-nest book club rolls on; and we expound on the fear of carpet...

PlantTherapy: Mulchfest This Weekend!

Bloomberg announces Mulchfest 2008 with Rock. Center tree branch as the first to hit the chipper. Mulchfest is on this weekend, and the Parks Department website has posted the locations and details. ...