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THINK BIGGER THAN a crock of nasturtiums this year. “Potted trees can be magical,” said Andrew Pascoe, a floral designer in Oyster Bay, N.Y. “You can create privacy on a roof terrace. You can use two ...

Bay Area Jefferson Award winner: Kemba Shakur, founder of the Oakland-based Urban Releaf, a nonprofit tree-planting and job-training program. How she started: It may seem natural that the descendant ...