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5 Favorites: Foraged Halloween Bouquets
I have to admit, I sometimes give up on Halloween. Plastic pumpkin lights and hairy spiders may delight my kids, but they make me depressed. This year, rather than relinquish the holiday to my...
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The Claw: A Tool Weeds Will Fear
They call it a three-tined rake; I call it The Exterminator. Weeds, take cover. Above: We recently discovered (actually, Janet discovered them) a covetable collection of hand-forged garden tools from...
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5 Favorites: Bewitching Brooms
Elevate domestic duties with a natural (and naturally good-looking) broom: here are five you'll want to own. Above: The Laundress Horsehair Broom is handmade in Germany; $60 from Amazon. Above: Andrée...
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The "Willard" Diaries: A Horror Story Set in LA
Our friend Amy Wilentz sends us periodic bulletins chronicling life in LA; here's her latest report (warning: rats are involved): One recent afternoon, I decided to pull some outdoor cushions out of...
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A Bug's Life
Spotted via Dutch designer Elke van den Berg, a collection of porcelain vases and cups embellished with fireflies, beetles, and house flies. Your cut flower bouquets will feel like they never left the...
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Century of Progress: Haunted Houses in the Midwest
A haunted house sighting, from a trusted source: What good fortune, I think! My closing on a getaway cottage in one of my favorite places, the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, has coincided with my...
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5 Favorites: Bat Houses
Were you aware of the fact that 2012 is the Year of the Bat? Me either. There are good reasons to offer shelter to our helpful little flying mammal friends (and to be jealous of them—I'm a mammal too,...
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Plants Under Glass
Last week we presented our favorite Wardian cases. Here's another to add to the list of winter vacation homes for your plants: a glass terrarium framed in copper. Imagine the patina that it will...
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The Witching Hour: An Insomniac Discovers Pinterest
I sneak out of bed (three o'clock in the morning, am I the only one routinely awake at this hour?), tiptoe to the kitchen, flip open my laptop and...OMG where did Julie find those haunting Rope Lamps...
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10 Modern Houses Gone to the Dark Side
For a while now we've been admiring modern black houses from Sweden to Japan to the Netherlands. Here are our 10 favorites: (N.B.: Want to see more of our favorite photos? See what we're pinning and...
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Shopper's Diary: California Carnivores
It isn't easy eating bugs. Or maybe it is. Maybe they're delicious. At California Carnivores, a Sebastapol nursery that has assembled one of the biggest selections of carnivorous plants on the planet,...
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A Simple Garden in Oakland, Chickens and Bees Included
We have a post today on Remodelista about store owner Jamie Kidson's Mission Revival-style house in Oakland. Her garden deserves the same scrutiny. Kidson's house was custom built by a woman named...
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5 Favorites: Vines as House Plants
We'd like to pretend winter isn't approaching. We're bringing the outdoors in, recreating the garden with vines that are happy to overtake the living room. And the kitchen. And the bath. Here are a...
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The Alnwick Garden in England: Pick Your Poison
The Alnwick Garden was designed by Jacques and Peter Wirtz and lies in the rugged North of England. Part of the estate of Alnwick Castle (dubbed the "Versailles of the North" and featured in the first...
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5 Favorites: Jet Black Planters
Any green plant would look good in a black pot. Here's a roundup of a few of our favorites: Above: Dadel Plant Pot is made of steel with a powder coating; $29.99 from Ikea. Above: The Gainey Cylinder...
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The Ultimate Kitchen Garden, Courtesy of a California Master
The steps to creating a kitchen garden sound deceptively easy: build some raised beds, plant vegetables, harvest. Last week when we featured LA garden designer Art Luna's work, he revealed his secrets...
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DIY: What to Plant in a Miniature Greenhouse
It's no secret we're obsessed with Wardian cases and other tabletop conservatories. So is our friend Maria Latinen of Scandi Home, who planted an indoor garden in her miniature greenhouse: Photographs...
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5 Favorites: Shimmery Grasses to Perk Up a Fall Garden
Spotted recently via our friends at Sunset Magazine: a list of must-have hardy grasses to plant now. Why? They're drought resistant, prevent erosion, and provide year round color and texture in a...
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Aspiring Ornithologist
My friend Kathryn is the best hiking companion. She's getting her master's degree in ornithology and can identify birds by their sounds, distant shapes, and mannerisms. She often exclaims things like,...
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A Visit to an Amazing Fall Garden: Wave Hill
SPONSORED POST When you walk through the entrance gate at Wave Hill, a public garden located north of Manhattan in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, the first thing that draws your eye is the pergola...
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