It wasn’t until the 1960s and ‘70s when interest in Japanese gardens began to develop. These special maples again caught the ...

They said: “Trimming your Japanese maple can actually make your tree grow faster. If you trim the smaller branches back leaving larger and thicker branching with buds, your tree will often grow ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...