Some people are born under a gooseberry bush — I was born under a horse chestnut tree. It was huge and magnificent ... young sapling when King William passed along that shore road towards the Boyne.

“We called them gray ghosts,” the now 77-year-old retired forester says of the American chestnut tree scattered throughout his former North Carolina home and still towering over the forest floors.

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started with a chestnut encased inside a small ziplock filled with moist peat-moss.

Fallen seeds and seed pods can be a major nuisance, but proper identification can make it easier to learn how (and if) you ...

Situated in the foothills of the Luberon, this working estate has been meticulously restored by Ungaro’s daughter to become a ...

Leiden, a city whose university is often called the Oxford of the Netherlands, features museums, gardens, murals and plenty ...

For instant impact in a newly landscaped garden, there’s nothing quite like planting mature trees or native hedgerow plants ...

Cold evenings, tighter purses and a craving for comfort are colliding. A simple, velvet-smooth chestnut spread is quietly ...

Watford Borough Council has received new planning applications this week, including a pub outhouse refurbishment, significant tree works, loft conversions, and listed building renovations across the ...

The season drifts in with woodsmoke and wet pavements, and the kitchen light feels warmer than the street outside. This is when a tray of crisp, nutty ...

The Great Blue Hole is the largest sea hole in the world and is in the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll near the ...

Rodman's Hollow is one of RI's most beautiful places, but it was almost lost to a luxury development. The fight to save it ...