Holiday Spirit

Christmas Tree Farms near Seattle

Cover yourself in pine needles and make some memories.

11/22/2024 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Lumberjacked up

How to Cut Down a Christmas Tree in the Woods

Free-range evergreens from our national forests await tinsel. Just grab a permit first.

11/21/2024 By Allison Williams

Arborism

Meet 5 of Seattle’s Weird and Wonderful Street Trees

Taha Ebrahimi has authored an "illustrated walking guide" to Seattle street trees.

05/06/2024 By Olivia Rosane

Explainer

The Different Shades of Tree Equity in Seattle Neighborhoods

As Seattle summers warm, some areas will need more leafy protection to fend off the heat.

06/07/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy Illustrations by Gage Murrey

City Hall

City Will Receive $440,000 in Settlement Over Unauthorized Cutting of Public Trees

The West Seattle homeowners allegedly cut about 150 trees in environmentally critical areas to improve their views.

04/19/2017 By Hayat Norimine

Critic's Notebook

Seattle Restaurants with Trees

Real ones, faux ones…pretty ones.

09/08/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Crimes Against Canopies

Who Whacked 153 Trees in West Seattle?

When the woods in the Duwamish Head Greenbelt got clear-cut, the hunt began for the killers of trees that had supported the steep slope for generations.

05/23/2016 By Sydney Parker