Gail, who took it upon herself to ensure the tree was listed on the state's Registry of Historic Trees in 2005, died in September. Like any such memorial, several speakers offered a few words, ...

Sturdy and stoic, trees may reach enormous heights if permitted to grow unfettered by pangs of nature or human intervention. The carving tools of more than a century’s worth of lovers and teenagers ...

In my Dec, 22, 2019, column, I answered the following query: "I have been noticing a tree on an empty lot across from Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. It is big at the bottom with several ...

CHELMSFORD — The huge purple beech tree that once towered over the town common is gone, though pieces of it are finding useful second lives, including a bench on the common that was carved from the ...

Chelmsford’s Purple Leaf Beech tree, planted on the Common in 1891, will meet its fate this Thursday, when it will be cut down due to public safety concerns. The work is scheduled to begin around 7:30 ...

CHELMSFORD — When the iconic purple beech tree was removed from the town common in 2012, its wood was used to make benches, carvings and other items that remain around Chelmsford as mementos of its ...

WHAT: Cutleaf purple beech, also known as the Rohanii variety of fagus sylvatica, is one of the most majestic trees gardeners can add to larger landscapes. WHY PLANT IT: Its smooth, gray-barked trunk ...

A 121-year-old purple beech tree in Chelmsford’s town common is slated to be removed Thursday after arborists decided its cracks and decay made it too dangerous to be left standing. On Arbor Day in ...