“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;”
“Trees can lower stress, raise property values and fight crime. This may be partly due to biophilia, or our innate affinity for nature, but there are also other forces at work. When humans are exposed to chemicals released by trees known as phytoncides, research has observed reduced blood pressure, reduced anxiety, increased pain threshold and even increased expression of anti-cancer proteins.”