We use many words to describe groups of trees: forest, wood, grove, stand, copse… But what about “guild”? (Don’t worry, neither druids nor dryads are about to be invoked.) Woven into the roots of ...

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – A non-profit organization in Arroyo Grande is helping to dig up the old and plant something new. The Tree Guild of Arroyo Grande has plans to plant new trees all throughout the ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, weed management, or fertilizing because the carefully selected companion plants support and ...

We often imagine a fruit tree as a lone sentinel. It's standing tall on its own, upright and patient, waiting to offer its harvest. But just like people, fruit trees can't always thrive alone. They ...

Editor's note: Chronicle staffer Jane Tunks, a novice gardener, is using The Chronicle's rooftop garden as her classroom, with Fred Bové and Kevin Bayuk from the San Francisco Permaculture Guild as ...