The Dallas Branch Out program kicked off in November. Photos courtesy of the city of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability.
Dec. 19, 2018
Dallasites, there’s still time to get a tree. Not for the holidays but to provide shade and other health benefits for decades to come.
Mistletoe is easiest to spot in winter. Photo courtesy of Preservation Tree Services.
You may have noticed it as the trees start to lose their leaves, when it’s more visible. Hidden during summer, the growths look like small, lime green shrubs with waxy white berries. It’s mistletoe, a reminder of Christmas, festive decorations and the quaint tradition of kissing unsuspecting bystanders.
Peggy Ploss's front yard in Addison is filled with fruits, vegetables and flowers - but not grass. Photos by Dave Hall.
Nov. 2, 2018
An edible landscape shelters the front of Peggy Ploss’s duplex in Addison, an upscale North Dallas suburb.
Plants are tucked under closely packed trees, vining skyward, filling raised beds, spreading underfoot, spilling down to the curb – on a street of manicured lawns and pruned shrubs.
There’s not a blade of lawn grass to be found.
