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Outbuilding of the Week: Travis Heights Arts Studio by Clayton and Little
Presiding over a corner lot in the historic neighborhood of Travis Heights in Austin, Texas, a grand landmark Victorian house looks down with bemused pride at a new 500-square-foot structure, a...
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A Greek Seaside Garden That Barely Needs Water
On the Aegean island of Paros, off the coast of Greece, garden designer Carolyn Chadwick created a coastal garden with waves of plantings to emulate the blue waves below. To capitalize on sea views...
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Beach Read Roundup: 7 Best New Gardening and Design Books
Along with sunshine and warmth, summer offers spare time (or at least the illusion of it). Beach days mean toes in the sand and a good book in hand. If you love plants and gardening as much as we do,...
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Trending on Remodelista: Aegean Adventure
There's too much to love about Greece only to focus on the gardens. This week on Remodelista the editors have taken a look at the architecture and interiors of the Greek Isles and we've taken notes....
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Current Obsessions: Going Outdoors
Take a look at what's been on our radar this week: Above: A straight-from-the-garden skillet meal. Photograph courtesy of Dolly and Oatmeal. Unexpected ways to bring flowers indoors. Fruit flies...
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Tara Getting Married: DIY Wedding Flowers ... and the Big Day
Since November, we've been following the adventures of bride-to-be Tara Douglass, a Brooklyn floral designer whose desire to grow her own wedding flowers was so strong that she traveled last fall to...
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Table of Contents: City Mouse
Welcome to the outdoors. We consider Memorial Day the official kickoff to summer in the city, and we'll be spending the week visiting some of our favorite balconies, terraces, and fire escapes (hoping...
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Shopper's Diary: A Secret Courtyard Garden in Buenos Aires
Behind an unassuming stone facade and through a corridor covered in lush vines and plants, you will discover a quiet and charming courtyard in the heart of the city. The space, the brainchild of Buenos...
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Steal This Look: Urban Terrace Garden
Even the smallest urban garden terrace can offer a welcome spot to pot up a few favorite plants and enjoy a cool evening breeze. This eclectic terrace keeps popping up on our Pinterest feed so we...
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London Calling: Peep Shows, Gin Lovers, and Wildlings at the Chelsea Fringe
Anyone who follows British gardeners on Twitter will know that they are generous and a bit of a laugh. So it is with the Chelsea Fringe festival: instead of sulking about missing out on tickets to the...
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Field Guide: Peony
Peony; Paeonia: "The Mistress" Peonies can be shrubs or they can be trees, and one of the only sad things about living in a warm climate is it's difficult to grow either. A peony likes a nice freeze in...
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DIY: Instant Indoor Herb Garden
Your duty, as a summer guest, is to admire your hosts' overflowing herb garden without betraying envy. Instead ask sweetly if they would like to share. Upon returning to the city, you can transplant...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Bart & Pieter's Garden for an Apartment in Antwerp
A triplex apartment sits atop a '60s office block in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The landscapers' brief: to create a garden on each floor, blending with the style of the building, which is mainly...
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10 Easy Pieces: Hanging Window Boxes with Brackets
We like power drills as much as anybody, so long as they're whirring away in someone else's hand. And we'll definitely put up with the attendant screw holes, saw dust, and noise pollution if mounting a...
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Required Reading: The Edible Balcony
I used to live in a basement flat near London's King's Cross, with a little courtyard. It was full of pots and was lovely really, except for two things. It was overlooked by hundreds of people (there...
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Garden Visit: 66 Square Feet (Plus) on a Harlem Terrace
For nine years I gardened on a sliver of terrace at the top of a townhouse in the leafy Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. That sunny space was small, and I needed so much: flowers, herbs, fruit, a...
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Hardscaping 101: Tree Stumps
It happens. Your long favored or ignored tree has to be removed. Disease, blocked views, size hazard, root damage, or just old age. The question arises: what to do about the stump? It comes down to...
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A Hip Hive for Urban Bees
Fully one third of the world's food supply depends on pollinators, especially bees. Yet, according to a recent Yale study the global bee population has been declining at an alarming rate: from 30-50...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Shipping Container Greenhouse
Here's a modern edible garden that reminds us of playing with Lego bricks: take one old shipping container, snap on a vaulted greenhouse roof, and ... grow food. Has recycled architecture ever been so...
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All-Time Easiest Houseplant Moss Is Moving In
Spotted making itself at home at New York's recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair: preserved, unnaturally bright reindeer moss from Finland, ready to colonize coffee tables, hang from...
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