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 ...

THEY were meant to be a way to stop soil erosion, but a tree planting scheme has become an major headache for a local council. Last year, the Lockyer Valley Regional Council planted 17,000 plants ...

The Mallee ElementalTM 65 tree guard is at work protecting seedlings - a no compromise alternative to traditional plastic guards. Arborgreen is the exclusive distributor of the Mallee ElementalTM 65 ...

A number of campaigners for National Parks have joined forces for a campaign calling on the use of plastic tree guards to be banned. The joint statement says: "We want to see a complete end to the use ...

The National Trust is testing out sustainable alternatives to plastic tree guards as part of its efforts to increase woodland cover on its land, the charity said. Alternatives to the plastic guards, ...

Conservation volunteers have been deployed to a North Yorkshire beauty spot to tackle the unintended consequences of vital hedgerow planting. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...

To save peppering the countryside with hundreds of plastic tree guards, UK start-up Nexgen has come up with a biodegradable alternative. Fashioned from a blend of wool, cashew oil and castor oil, ...

A conservation charity has pledged to phase out the use of plastic tree guards and replace them with more sustainable materials. The Woodland Trust is trialling alternative materials such as cardboard ...