Since Tu Bishvat is considered the “Birthday for Trees,” a time when trees are to be judged regarding their fate for the coming year, I hope the following lessons, based on Jewish quotations about ...

Last year, I wrote a story about the importance and power of small acts of kindness during the holiday season in the San Antonio Express-News. Those reflections feel even more urgent today. I now feel ...

On Thursday, December 2, at 11 a.m., the Center City District and The Dow Chemical Company will join more than a dozen students from Philadelphia Academies, Inc.’s Environmental Academy, in ...

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 ...

Gardening is an activity that really helps us to relieve stress, but it is not free of challenges. I am embarrassed to confess that I have had two unfortunate mishaps with tree roses. More accurately, ...