Native live oaks may provide hardy shade during the long hot summer ahead, but they cause a lot of misery before then. Live oak trees explode with lime green pollen from March through early May, ...

Fond memories of her own childhood treehouse prompted designer Martine Ilana, of Temescal Creative in Franklin, to design and build a backyard getaway for her 7-year-old twins, Opal and Oscar. “I ...