I recently read your article regarding HOA sidewalk repairs caused by tree-root damage. In my case my driveway pavers are severely damaged by protruding tree roots bulging from the ground and caused ...

In a recent column you wrote that it was highly unlikely that an association would be held liable for damage caused by its failure to trim tree roots. For the past five years my association, in the ...

In a small but significant step forward for both street trees and public safety, the city has begun a $3.4 million pilot program to fix sidewalks that have been damaged by tree roots, at no cost to ...

Root pruning is one of those garden techniques that new gardeners hear about and scares them. But it is very easy to do and extremely helpful to the plants that you are doing it to because it allows ...

You’ve watered, fertilized, and given your plants plenty of sunshine—yet something still feels off. Growth is slow, roots seem cramped, and your once-thriving greenery looks like it’s hit a wall. The ...

A study of the São Paulo city center in Brazil proposed guidelines and specified stakeholder roles for reducing the number of tree failures, which average 2,000 per year there In São Paulo, Brazil’s ...

Question: I read your article on pruning fruit trees. I have some junipers that have overgrown my sidewalk. Is this a good time to prune them? Should I just prune them off at the edge of the sidewalk?

WELL, DAY 10 still has no frost and the mild temperatures are pushing several of your landscape plants to “break dormancy.” With that in mind, I started pruning fruit trees this week. Today, I will ...

Facing expensive upkeep costs when towering trees cause sidewalk hazards, some suburban towns opt to uproot them entirely. By Ronda Kaysen Like many New Yorkers who left the city for the suburbs, I ...

Alessandra McAliley is concerned that extensive root damage has made South Ann Street sidewalks unsafe, especially for children playing or neighbors with limited mobility. The sidewalk in front of her ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After a 12-year-long battle, a Great Kills couple is finally getting a solution to a tree root problem that pulled up her sidewalk and driveway pavers for over a decade. Judy ...