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Faerie Village
Surrey, British Columbia

Faerie Village of Redwood Park

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.
The majestic beech of Saint Francis.
Rivodutri, Italy

Saint Francis's Beech Tree

Legend said this huge, gnarled tree sheltered the saint during a storm.
Amphoe Ko Kut, Thailand

Treepod Restaurant

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.
Right under our noses.
cemeteries

Found in a Cemetery: A New Species of Beetle

It's alive!
Matthew Taub August 5, 2019
A window into the past.
Vista, Australia

Newman's Nursery Ruins

The haunting remains of a beautiful old plant nursery founded in the 1850s.
Newly planted trees dot an Ethiopian field.
world record

Ethiopia Just Set the World Record for Most Trees Planted in a Day

The country came together—and installed 350 million trees in just 12 hours—to combat climate change.
Evan Nicole Brown July 30, 2019
The entrance.
Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Spruces

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.
St. Patrick's Basilica.
Montreal, Québec

St. Patrick's Basilica

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.
The dendrometer tracks the way the trunk and branches swell or contract.
forests

The Tree That Is Live-Tweeting Climate Change

With a little help from scientists, an oak in the Harvard Forest is sharing updates about its life.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 25, 2019
Just because.
trees

Redditors Are Stapling Bread to Trees in Sheffield, England

It's only the latest phase of a global phenomenon.
Matthew Taub July 19, 2019
Sarah Strohl of Bob Ross Inc. sifts through stacks of scenic mountains.
paintings

Almost Every Original Bob Ross Painting Lives in a Virginia Office Park

Now some of the iconic American painter’s work is headed to the Smithsonian.
Sabrina Imbler July 19, 2019
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Lebanon, Tennessee

Cedars of Lebanon State Park

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.
Mistley, England

Old Knobbley

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.
A rendering of the Palais Garnier shows what the opera house will look like when it's ensconced in a grove.
trees

Why the City of Light Is About to Get a Lot Greener

Paris’s ambitious “urban forest” plan includes tree-planting near iconic landmarks.
Evan Nicole Brown July 11, 2019
The cemetery.
Reykjavik, Iceland

Hólavallagarður Cemetery

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.
A statue of the writer-botanist-philosopher, with wildflowers.
trees

How Thoreau's 19th-Century Observations Are Helping Shape Science Today

For one thing, they tell us that plants aren't blooming when they used to at Walden Pond—or most anywhere else.
Evan Nicole Brown July 9, 2019
A Sierra Nevada forest in August 2016, following several years of severe drought.
forests

Why California's Droughts Killed More Than 100 Million Resilient Trees

The lack of water ran very, very deep.
Isaac Schultz July 3, 2019
Trees being tapped for frankincense resin in Tigray, Ethiopia.
science

In 50 Years, Frankincense Could Be Snuffed Out

The ancient resin, used for everything from aromatherapy to Catholic ceremonies, is being overtapped.
Evan Nicole Brown July 2, 2019