The very first fruit (called your “native fruit”) that you start with on your island is random. Every day, your fruit trees will spawn three of your native fruits, and you can plant them to grow more ...

Agriculture and art are joining forces in the City of Brotherly Love. Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This art ...

Sam Van Aken, an artist and professor at Syracuse University, managed to graft different stone fruit plants such as peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines and cherries together to create a single tree ...

Who doesn’t enjoy fresh fruit picked right off a tree? Having a backyard fruit tree or two can bring delicious moments. But how do you begin? If you choose a semi-dwarf variety, you can keep it at 8 ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Challenging UNDATED (CNN) -- The first time Sam Van Aken saw tree branches being grafted and grown onto other trees, he likened it to Frankenstein. Yet, when the process became a full-time fascination ...

Late winter is an ideal time for pruning many trees, and fruit trees are no exception. Regularly trimming away damaged and unsightly branches is key to maintaining a healthy tree with an aesthetically ...

Blossoms of several shades will eventually erupt from branches bearing 40 different kinds of fruit on a tree located outside Sculpture Space in Utica. Syracuse artist Sam Van Aken has grown and ...