In his presentations, Dr. Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, tells his audiences that Americans grow 40,000,000 acres of turf.  To put that in context if we were to convert half of that turf area to native plants we could create Suburbia National Park that w...

Winter Damage Prevention and Repair

Jim McGlone

Urban Forest Conservationist

Virginia Department of Forestry

Winter weather can bring heavy loads on trees and shrubs.  The combination of accumulated snow and ice with or without wind can stress trees and shrubs to the b...