One of a plant lover’s greatest pleasures is discovering a species that thrives in a place where it has no business growing, at least according to accepted wisdom regarding that species’ growth ...

Carob trees, which are native to the Mediterranean region, produce a bean that is valued for its taste, as well as its nutritional and medicinal value. According to legend, it takes as long as 70 ...

The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien features an old race of tree-like creatures called ents. Images of these creatures always stuck with me, maybe because of the idea that if you listen ...