• Protesters urge Board of Education to save trees at Cudell Commons Park

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, August 22, 2023; Cleveland Metropolitan School Board Meeting; East Professional Center, 1349 E. 79th; Faouzi Baddou, Nikki Hudson and James Pieknik, Friends of Cudell Commons Park, protesting the planned demolition of a historic cypress tree in the Cudell neighborhood. by Chuck Hoven    The Friends of Cudell Commons Park came…


  • Residents Rally to save historic trees

    PHOTO BY CASANDRA VASU Cudell Commons Park, W. 98th Street, North of Madison: The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to build a new Marion C. Seltzer school in what is now Cudell Commons Park.  Plans call for eliminating trees to make way for the new school building. This Bald Cypress is one of the mature…


  • Blossoming trees celebrate springtime and hospitality in Cleveland

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, April 14, 2023; Brookside Reservation, 3900 John Nagy Blvd: A blossoming branch of a sakura at the Brookside Reservation, gives hope of another spring coming to Cleveland. The sakura, also known as the Japanese cherry blossom, is the national tree of Japan and was given to Cleveland as a gift…


  • Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Tree wins big

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Wednesday, October 12, 2022; Ceremony to plant a Jesse Owens Oak tree sapling to replace the original tree; James Ford Rhodes High School, 5100 Biddulph Road: Holden Forest and Gardens Tree Corps members planted a sapling propagated from one of four English oak trees given to Clevelander Jesse Owens upon winning…


  • Invasion of the pod plants

    Invasion of the pod plants by Erik Ault (Plain Press, October 2022)  Fall officially starts on September 22nd this year, which is also known as the autumnal equinox. The turning of the seasons brings many changes: the foliage will change color, and many trees will produce seeds of great variety. You may know well the…