With bright colors and interesting shapes, unusual tree and shrub bark can add visual interest to winter landscapes. Many types of bark become more distinctive and sought after during winter months.

Across cities and suburbs, a curious pattern keeps turning up in aerial photos and field surveys alike: trees that stand ...

Decking the halls is nothing compared to stringing outdoor lights. Many people start out with visions of transforming the front yard into an inviting winter landscape aglow with warm lights, a la ...

When Alfred Willer was a boy in Czechoslovakia, he drew a forest and colored the trees red, as though they were on fire. But the forest was not burning, and the trees were in fact green. This is how ...

There is a shadeless tree in Cascade. I first saw it on a walk from Capitol Hill to Cinerama in Belltown. It was a hot morning, the kind with no clouds and only bright, blue sky. My pits were sweaty, ...

That child’s drawing of a house, tree, or person may represent more than an element of the refrigerator-as-art-gallery. It may predict a child’s intelligence later in life. A child’s intelligence at ...