Growing edibles, whether veggies, fruit or herbs, has come a long way from the days of big gardens and an equally large time commitment. Now, with the ideal preparation, you can grow your edibles along the edge of a deck, in pots on your patio or perhaps on the edge of a wall onto a …

Celebrate the beauty of character this Earth Day by bringing it to the house. A 2012 publication, Bringing Nature Home: Floral Arrangements Inspired by Nature, by Ngoc Minh Ngo (Rizzoli New York), provides page after page of inspiration on how to do so. The arrangements she photographed “strive to capture the organic gestures of blossoms …