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 ...

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 ...

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 ...