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The article discusses a growing trend in cemeteries across the country where groundskeepers and horticulturists are letting nature take its course by allowing grasses to grow longer, reducing mowing, and promoting native shrubs and plants. This shift towards more natural and wildlife-friendly burial sites has been accelerated by the pandemic, with cemeteries like Green-Wood in Brooklyn seeing increased attendance due to their green spaces. The move towards green burials and rewilding cemeteries reflects a broader shift towards environmentally conscious practices and a desire to connect with nature even in death. [Extracted from the article]

The article announces the dismissal of the arborist at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Alec Baxt for his online criticism on Facebook against the cutting down of the garden's popular treehouse tree by the garden's officials.

Several letter to the editor are presented including one related to a visit od reader to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, another related to reader's experience as arborist, and other related to an untitled poem by reader Barbara P. Gordon.

The article offers tips on various garden tools suitable for toughest job including cellular phone to call arborists to remove shrubs, flat pile to sharpen the front edge of spade, and Felco pruners.

The article offers a brief profile of Tony Kirkham, chief arborist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Great Britain.

The article presents the author's insights on how to save trees damaged by storms. The author relates the suggestions offered by arborists Abraham Monahan and Rick Anderson to help him preserve trees damaged by Hurricane Sandy in his yard including the removal of dirt from the base of a tree, and the use of handsaw or pole saw in cutting co-dominant branches. Moreover, the author notes the importance of proper use of chain saws for tree cutting.

CORRECTION APPENDED Arborists and tree-care experts say that New York City could significantly improve public safety by ensuring that the workers who evaluate trees understand the warning signs of decay and failure. With 2.5 million trees in its care, the city has a daunting task: both to preserve the green canopy that cools parks and streets, and to protect the public that passes under it. For street trees, the city generally relies on outside contractors, while for trees in parks, it dispatches in-house forestry crews. In recent years, budgets for both have shrunk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corey J. Link is the senior arborist responsible for the health and beauty of the 30,000 trees that shade the 250 acres of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Mr. Link, 48, began moonlighting as a commercial arborist in 1997, toward the end of his 20-year stint as an officer with the New York Police Department. He was a sergeant and supervisor of detectives in the 47th Precinct in the Bronx when he retired in 2003 to turn to pruning, climbing (his specialty) and cutting full time. Trees versus perps: The tree doesn't talk back, fight back, shoot back or run away. To be honest, this work is much more fun than being a cop was. In 20 years, I never had to shoot nobody, and nobody shot me, so I was one of the lucky ones. But the job definitely wore out its welcome. Too much stress. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]