Visitors to my garden this time of year are often astonished to see me lopping the tops off some of my trees.

The most asked “gardening” question this time of year is, “What is the best Christmas tree?”

For a long time it has made eminent sense to me that we need more trees in our urban spaces.

This year's theme of the 2011 Toronto Tree Portraits Calendar, now on sale,  is the “Poetry of Trees.”

Fall planting of trees and shrubs might go against your grain.

Lee Reich’s gardening credentials are impeccable – he has a PhD in Horticulture

If delayed gratification sometimes seems to be too much a part of gardening, it does teach us to appreciate the means to an end...

Good fences do make good neighbours, especially if you like hanging out with the wildlife crowd. The right collection of trees...

This may come as a surprise, but I hate many houseplants. Anything that requires fiddling and fussing? Forget it.

An ordinary evergreen planted in a pot? Not on your life. This is a Wollemi Pine – once thought to be extinct.

The darkest time of year, when days are shortest and the sun hangs lowest in the sky, is surely an odd time to pick for...

"I brake for butchered plants."

Jeff Ferguson and his business partner, Sean Macalister, launched Evergrow Christmas Trees Co., which rents live trees to... (4)

Planting seeds is a satisfying way to grow trees and shrubs, and gives you a special affection for the plants.

Toronto's ancient trees – Acer saccharinum, Carya cordiformis, Fraxinus americana, Malus spp., Platanus occidentalis, Quercus...

I have a confession to make: I hate bonsai. Dainty and beautiful they may be, but trees and plants that have been snipped...

Blooms may be losing some lustre among cash-strapped gardeners weeding out non-essential spending. A practical option is investing... (0)

So you planted trees this spring. Those trees' first years in the ground – and especially this very first year – are important to... (0)

You don't have to look far to find homes whose entrances, windows and very walls are being gobbled up by yews and junipers planted... (0)

Time to turn over a new leaf and do something for your health and the environment. (0)

What could be more delightful than to be able to pluck and eat fruit from a tree that you also admire for its beauty? (0)

For months, I had been fretting about the old, majestic beech tree in our backyard. When I should have been worrying about things... (1)

Suppose you've just created a bonsai plant or bought one or received one as a gift. Does the plant need further pruning? (0)

Move over, California redwoods. You've got competition. Here's a remarkable Mexican contender for the title of "world's... (0)

A bonsai is a small tree or shrub grown in a shallow pot. Pruning is what makes and keeps it small, but pruning is only a small... (0)

Now, the goodbyes. There's no rule, of course, about how long to keep a Christmas tree. In many homes, the tree goes out along... (1)

With oil prices high, more and more people are turning to wood heat. If you're one, and you happen to reach for a log from your... (0)