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Vote for the Best Garden Shed or Outbuilding in the Gardenista Considered...
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
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Field Guide: Cilantro
Cilantro, Coriandrum sativum: "Pharaoh's Friend" Cilantro makes another winning argument for home-grown vegetables. This leafy herb, a cross-cultural superstar, fits in a pot on your windowsill,...
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Garden Visit: Fashion Designer Courtney Klein's Mission District Backyard
"It's kind of a little postage stamp, but coming from New York I think this feels gigantic and amazing," clothing designer Courtney Klein says of the backyard garden in San Francisco that she and her...
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Belgian Basics with a Fairy Tale Twist
From Antwerp design company Xala, Goldilocks-style household essentials: watering cans that are extra large and extra-small, and a bucket that's just right. They're made of non-toxic HDPE, high-density...
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Steal This Look: A Black and White Deck, Herb Garden Included
We spotted this clever and stylish instant herb garden wall via Bambula. Doesn't green look fabulous against a black and white backdrop? All it takes to recreate the look is some white paint, a few...
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Shopper's Diary: Blomsterskuret, the World's Most Beautiful Flower Shop?
Martin Reinicke's Blomsterskuret (meaning "flower shed" in Danish) is overflowing with starter plants, topiaries, and fresh-cut flowers. Reinicke, a floral designer and potter, began Blomsterskuret...
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Garden Visit: A Family Friendly Vegetable Garden (Chickens Optional)
Some people make it look so easy. On late summer afternoons, blogger Christine Chitnis heads to her community garden plot to tend her vegetables—toddler in tow. "This part of my day is so idyllic," she...
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Domestic Science: A Magic Fly Repeller
An old-fashioned summer staple in the Napa Valley, where I live, is a plastic bag filled with water and hung from the backdoor of a farmhouse. It took me a while to realize that this not-so-glamorous...
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Beyond Decking: Trex for Exterior Design
The Trex® decking brand is the world's first composite deck. It is durable, low-maintenance, and high-performance, designed to keep up with your family's needs and keep your weekends hassle-free. And...
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10 Easy Pieces: Tough Perennials for City Gardens
I remember summers in New York. Whenever any of my entourage managed to score a piece of outdoor real estate, it immediately became a community garden for all of us. We chipped in with the buying,...
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Radical Urban Gardens from Antwerp
Of course you may install an enormous live tree in your sixth-floor apartment: Police will escort the crane down the street, traffic can be diverted, and neighbors are welcome to gawk at the sidewalk...
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Hardscaping 101: Charred Wood Siding
Repeat after us: Shou sugi ban. Devised as a way to make wood less susceptible to fire and to keep away insects and rot, this longstanding Japanese method involves torching your building materials. The...
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Stop the Itch: Natural Mosquito Bite Remedies
I'm a romantic at heart, and so at the risk of facing commenter-wrath, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it: The season's first mosquito bite isn't such a bad thing. It's kind of like earning your...
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Vote for the Best Outdoor Living Space
Our judges have selected the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for the finalists in each of 17 Considered Design Awards categories, on both Gardenista and Remodelista. You can vote once a day...
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Outbuilding of the Week: A Tuscan Cliffside Aerie
Argentario is a promontory on Italy's west coast, overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is also the name of an estate with wooded hills disguising some fine minimalist architecture, including this...
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Architect Visit: An Urban Garden, Tokyo Edition
Can you imagine if every room in your house had its own garden? If you lived in a palace, mansion, or manor house, perhaps. But what if you lived in a 13-foot-wide, five-story house in a commercially...
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Trending on Remodelista: Urban Escape
There's a lot to be said for staying in town while everyone else packs up: Rules loosen, breezy cafes beckon, and it feels like there are more hours in the day—which means more time to take in the...
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Current Obsessions: Lazy Summer
Take a look at a few things we've been loving lately: Above: Residents of Brighton, England, can enjoy a Sunday morning delivery of seasonal flowers and a fresh-baked cake thanks to a new (read:...
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A Manhattan Roof Garden with a Panoramic View
Urban living is all about making the most of available space, especially outdoor space. Ever wonder what's up there on New York City's rooftops? To create an elegantly simple roof garden in Manhattan's...
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Table of Contents: The Summer Kitchen
It always feels exotic to prepare food outdoors, whether you're cooking on a gas grill, roasting skewers over a campfire, or arranging a platter of vegetables picked from the garden. Maybe one reason...
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