Director of the N.C. Cooperative Extension Center for New Hanover County at the Arboretum Have you hugged a tree today? Research points to a plethora of positive health benefits for the human ...

On a trek through a snowy western mountain range, a forest guide points to a grove of evergreen Japanese red cedar trees, and hikers gather around to take deep breaths.

Let’s go to the forest and be fully present, without any particular goal – that’s the advice of one psychiatrist, who sees these green-filled spaces as ‘friends’, with numerous benefits for our bodies ...