Ever looked at your backyard and wished it had that wow factor? You don’t need a big budget or a landscape designer to make it happen.

My grandmother used to collect the fallen branches and dead limbs of trees from her yard every other day or so. She put them in a collection bin. If we helped, we sometimes earned a little bit of ...

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Lake Orion Flower and Art Fair returns this weekend with a beer garden, live music, a petting farm and a “Succulent Search and Shop” added to its traditional ...