Many people design homes to be surrounded by nature, but Seattle-based PRDG Architects decided to take it a step further by building a modern home around a family’s beloved madrone tree. Located in a ...

On a recent walk through the woods of southern Oregon, I found myself thinking about my feelings of gratitude as I looked at ...

Question: I want to find or purchase some seeds from the madrone tree. Is there any source or person I can contact to get these seeds? We found a previous Mr. Smarty Plants answer on Arbutus ...

An Oak Harbor woman had hoped to save a large Pacific madrone tree that is slated be cut down to accommodate planned demolition and expansion of the city’s McDonald’s restaurant. Despite being named a ...

The Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii) can be a magnificent tree. I saw a rare, huge specimen in a wooded area way up Mt. Veeder Road. Thinking it might be of Champion proportions, I measured its ...

Winter is here, but there are always gardening questions. Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University's Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and ...

PORT ANGELES — Wood from an ancient tree has been returned to its owners in the form of finished bowls. Members of the Strait Turners, a North Olympic Peninsula wood-turners group, presented several ...

Pacific madrone and strawberry tree are two similar evergreen trees. Our native madrone, Arbutus menziesii, grows to 120 feet and is distinct in the landscape because of its smooth red bark and glossy ...

SANTA CRUZ — A madrone tree tucked away in the parking lot of the Cruzio Internet and Ecology Action building on Cedar Street in Santa Cruz was spared Tuesday after residents in the neighboring Walnut ...

A beautiful tree sits on the north side of Big Chico Creek, shading the picnic table at site No. 34 in lower Bidwell Park. Its thick, smooth lower branches are perfect for climbing, and its form is ...

PORT ANGELES — The first Virginia Charter was drafted in 1606. It would govern the first English settlement in the New World, Jamestown, the next year. That same year on what would later become Eighth ...

A beautiful tree sits on the north side of Little Chico Creek, shading the picnic table at site No. 34 in lower Bidwell Park. Its thick, smooth lower branches are perfect for climbing, and its form is ...