These projects for young kids involve handprints, mosaics, and recycled materials such as egg cartons to create art inspired by trees.Source: 21 Tree Art Projects for Young Learners – Project Learning Tree
By the 1930s, forest cover loss in the eastern states like the Carolinas and Mississippi had stopped, and massive reforestation took place.Source: Century of Tree Planting Stalls the Warming Effects in the Eastern United States, Says Study | Good News Network
Help get your kids outside with these fun nature walk ideas — five themes to inspire them to explore nature today.Source: 5 Easy Nature Walk Ideas to Help Get Your Kids Outside Today – Get the Kids Outside
Logan Earnest’s fifth grade classroom doesn’t have windows. But landscape photographer Ernesto Rodriguez has a solution: bringing trees into the classroom via the ceiling.Source: Kids can benefit from having access to nature. This photographer is bringing...
A new paper suggests that plants may use slow seed years to prevent the spread of disease.Source: Why Do Trees Drop So Many Seeds One Year, and Then Hardly Any the Next? | Smithsonian
Manicured lawns produce a monoculture, making it hard for bees to find food.Source: It’s Okay To Mow In May, But To Help Pollinators, Add Native Plants | Discover Magazine
Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.Source: City Trees Save Lives | WIRED
Every gardener has their favorite tool, one that’s always close at hand when they’re at work. I asked the gardeners I know on Facebook and Twitter what their “must-have” tools were, and found that (like me!) most of them were both particular...
These hardy perennials can thrive in part sun, full sun or shade, high heat or freezing temperatures, and still bloom beautifully every year.Source: 21 Hardy Perennials That Promise Unstoppable Color Every Year | Better Homes & Gardens
