Paul Vossen, who for years was the local farm advisor for the UC Cooperative Extension, will teach a class March 1 on caring for olive trees that is geared to both professional and home growers.

Olive trees are ideally suited to hot and dry climates and can be very versatile plants for any backyard. They can grow in beds or borders, and are one of the best trees for small gardens, while they ...

Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...

Despite their significance, some wish to uproot and trade the region’s olive trees to flaunt in public spaces and private gardens worldwide. This is possible due to the trees’ insufficient legal ...

Interesting article in the Register by Penny Pawl about olive trees in Napa County. My family also has old olive trees on our property in Foss Valley. I am writing a short history of this area and one ...

The 50 acres of olive trees on Dunham Jewett’s farm in Moulton, about 100 miles east of San Antonio, look like a war zone. What had been 10- to 12-foot-high trees with wide canopies are now nothing ...

Olive trees under the High Desert sun yield a fruitful harvest. The father-son duo behind Joshua Tree Olive Oil turns that ...

The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...