"To achieve all these benefits quicker, plant a tree that grows fast." Fast-growing shade trees typically grow a few feet each year, gaining considerable height quickly and reaching maturity sooner, ...

Whether your patio is next to your house or a little farther away, planting a tree can be an easy way to provide shade. Close ...

While the vast majority of bulbs are meant for sunny locations, some are excellent candidates for the shade garden. Walking ...

From vented pergolas and stunning gazebos to umbrellas, awnings, and fast-growing trees, you’ve got lots of options when it comes to backyard shade ideas. We’re sharing some of our favorites ...

You don’t have to be a tree expert to recognize a weeping willow tree. Native to China, xalix babylonica, commonly called ...

The weather is changing, so I am really happy to get these trees. We need more shade,” said Cordoba ... attract more funding and keep growing. More broadly, it’s a year when the very future ...

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife ...

The weather is changing, so I am really happy to get these trees. We need more shade,” said Cordoba, 75, a legal secretary, whose family has lived in Grant Park for more than a century.

As greenhouse gas emissions nudge temperatures higher, trees’ growing ranges are shifting ... but modern climate change is fast. Over the past century, the earth has warmed about 10 times ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When the capital of Sierra Leone launched a major campaign to provide shade amid sweltering heat ... app to generate jobs and is helping a fast-urbanizing city fend off the dangers ...