By Kit Slack On May 10, the College Park City Council passed a law intended to protect the city’s big, older trees.  Starting July 1, residents will need a permit to cut down trees that are 36”...

BY ILANA WILLIAMS   Need more trees in your city? Try planting them on private property.     Before the pandemic, Dawn Taft, the city of Hyattsville’s arborist, worked on planting trees...

Dear Miss Floribunda, Unlike "Not a Tree Hugger" in last month's column, I like trees and appreciate the ones in my front yard, but my backyard is completely unshaded. There must have been some trees there...

By PAUL STEINKOENIG — It is with dismay that I learned at the March 14 Hyattsville Corridor Community (HCC) meeting that the number of trees for the MD 500 project has been reduced by 59 percent. That...

BY LESLEY RIDDLE — I have always been a tree hugger. Growing up in northern New Jersey, I was surrounded by old-growth trees, much like those in the City of Hyattsville. I remember the two giants that...

BY REBECCA BENNETT — With temperatures nearing 70 degrees this past weekend, it was a fine time to get outside and see all the signs that spring is budding in Hyattsville.

BY CAROLINE SELLE — Pepco’s tree trimmings have been temporarily suspended in the city of Hyattsville. According to city spokesperson Jake Rollow, the power utility’s arborist contractor pruned trees...

About this time of year, we start to long for the first petals to bloom on our city’s many flowering trees. Among them is the Bradford Pear, once the county’s official tree, which usually grows 25...

Editor's Note: The recent removal of trees on Jefferson was not related to the Oct. 6 Shade Tree Review presented to the Hyattsville City Council. After clarification from the city, the story below has...