Trees

Hiking in the Holy Land: The almond tree, Israel's ancient clock

Spring has not arrived, yet blossoming almonds in Israel signify the arrival of Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, a time when some seasonal quality has shifted.

THE ALMOND TREE has been watching over the Land of Israel for longer than we can fathom.
Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat.

KKL-JNF marks Tu Bishvat, highlighting tree-planting tradition with newly released archival photos

Lemon Beef and stir-fry.

In the kitchen with Henny: Lemon recipes to brighten winter

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak


Does planting trees around playgrounds protect kids from air pollution?

Exposure to traffic-related air pollution has been linked with a range of health risks including cardiovascular, respiratory and neurological health.

An Israeli woman and a child sit at a playground near a kindergarten surrounded by concrete blast walls on the first day of the school year in Nahal Oz

Even modest climate change may lead to sweeping changes - study

“Our results spell problems for the health and diversity of future regional forests,” said lead author Peter Reich.

 Infrared lamps and soil heating cables warm an experimental forest plot at a University of Minnesota field site in northeastern Minnesota.

Jerusalem needs to save its trees

Too many questions have remained, without satisfying answers, regarding who is profiting when trees are cut down.

 ADMIRING A blossoming almond tree in the Judean Hills.

Climate change renders pine trees susceptible to fungal disease - study

The researchers studied the effects of climate change on Austrian pine trees after they were infected by two related fungi, Diplodia sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata.

Forest near Dundukovo dam in Central Bulgaria

Oak tree long thought to have been extinct now rediscovered

The tree is in poor condition and in desperate need of conservation. The Morton Arboretum described the tree's trunk as "scarred in fire" and it also "showed signs of severe fungal infection."

Shawshank Oak 521

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund’s digital transformation

From the digitized Books of Honor to tree plantings via Zoom, KKL-JNF is adopting advanced technologies to strengthen its fundraising and the connection of Diaspora Jews to the Land of Israel.

 THE KKL-JNF Hall of Books of Honor in Jerusalem, where the historic books are being digitized.

Life-changing app identifies trees and flowers

One man's transformative experience with the PictureThis app.

  White daffodils at the Nov Meadow Nature Reserve

'Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree'

Opinion: Luke Hilton explains HaYovel's largest project to date - "Greening Israel."

 The Greening Israel team plants a tree

75 reasons I love Israel (in no particular order) - opinion

Remember that when we were crossing the sea after the Exodus, some looked down and only saw the mud. They missed the miracle.

 3. TAMAR – BEAUTY and sustenance: Collecting dates from palm trees.

Christians to plant trees in ‘fulfillment of biblical prophecy’

Watch: The Greening Israel Project

The Greening Israel team overlook a tree-planting site in Samaria