correction A photo credit for an image in this story has been changed to John Michael Spencer. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67 ...

'Beresta' is a well-known Russian craft inspired by the birch tree. Exhibition of the unique Russian craft using birch bark, called Beresta, showcases everything from 3D paintings to utensils 'Beresta ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...