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A Survivor: A Grand Seaside Garden in Tiburon
An old boathouse in a sheltered cove in Tiburon, California, survived a landslide in 1982, a year when severe rainstorms caused a record 18,000 Bay Area mudslides that killed 15 people—including the...
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5 Favorites: Planting Pots for Starting Seeds Indoors
With winter approaching, our thoughts turn to sprouting seeds indoors, where it's warm and dry and heartening to see something—anything—growing. Plant them in biodegradable pots you can later...
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A Bucolic Farm in Vermont, Intellectuals Included
When I visited friends Russell Glover and Angela Miller back in 1998, the drop-dead beauty of the land they'd purchased overwhelmed me—300 acres in a sleepy part of western Vermont. But when we walked...
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10 Easy Pieces: Barnhouse-Style Outdoor Lighting
Here's a roundup of classic barnhouse-style lighting fixtures for the outdoors. Above: The Bracket Light is powder-coated in dark grey; $290 at Marston & Langinger. Above: Gooseneck Barn Lamp in...
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Shopper's Diary: Leila's Way with Fruit and Vegetables
Many people have no idea what's in season, in this age of convenience. What you see is what you get at Leila's Shop in London's Shoreditch: Cabbage, kale, onions—all those wintery British staples—sit...
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10 Easy Pieces: Barnhouse-Style Outdoor Lights
Here's a roundup of classic barnhouse-style lighting fixtures for the outdoors. Above: The Bracket Light is powder-coated in dark grey; $290 at Marston & Langinger. Above: Gooseneck Barn Lamp in...
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In Search of Secret Gardens, Reader Edition
When we asked readers recently what you wanted to see more of on Gardenista, about a zillion of you responded to our survey (thanks, by the way) to say you'd love to visit more of your neighbors'...
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Surviving a Storm: Expert Tips from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, home to 52 acres of plants including some of the city's most prized specimen trees, reopened less than a week after Hurricane Sandy swept through New York recently. What...
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Chicago's Rooftop Gardener
A roof deck on the eighth floor of the Hilton Hotel in Chicago is not where you would expect to find a garden, but 83 boxes filled with greens are thriving on top of the asphalt there—the work of Sara...
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Required Reading: The Compleat Squash
Wondering what to do with the avalanche of fall squash from your garden or the vegetable market? Amy Goldman's book, the Compleat Squash, has the answers. Part growing guide and part cookbook, the...
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Weather the Storm: Emergency Kit
The hurricane is over but winter is ahead; here's a storm kit full of items that are both practical in emergencies and attractive enough to make you want to use them in mild weather. Above: Toast's...
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Arborist
A roundup of gifts for the forester, logger, or general treehugger in your life. N.B.: To make sure we've got everyone on your list covered, see all of our gift guides to date in our House Gifts...
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Writing on the Wall: Garden Edition
A garden is a place out of time, a parallel universe. It is a refuge for living things and also: for lettering. Hand-written words, so rare these days, are still drawn and chiseled for people with...
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High/Low: Slate Garden Label Kits
The problem with a lot of plant markers is they're temporary; they fade or break down when exposed to rough weather. Not so slate. Here are two of our favorite collections of durable garden labels:...
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Garden Beds for the Urban Dweller
Lest you think lack of dirt means no vegetable garden for you, two companies out of Los Angeles have a solution. (NB: See our earlier post, Raised Garden Bed Round-Up for more ideas.) Above: Perfectly...
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5 Best Wind-Resistant Trees
As Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East Coast recently, the storm uprooted thousands of trees up and down the Eastern Seaboard. The lesson? Some kinds of trees stand up better than others to wind. With...
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Stone Edge Farm: A Peaceful Retreat in Northern California
In Sonoma County, owners of a sprawling property with a vineyard, an olive orchard and an organic farm that supplies local restaurants bought a contiguous parcel of land about ten years ago and...
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5 Harvest Knives: The Right Tool for the Job
Most kitchens are equipped with a collection of knives used for different cooking tasks. The idea applies to gardening as well; the knife that's perfect for harvesting grapes may not be ideal for...
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Gardenista Gift Guide: For the Beekeeper
A gift from a beekeeper might well be honey. And who wouldn't want to receive it? But unless you produce something very fine yourself, gift-giving in return can be less straightforward. Beekeepers are...
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How Brooklyn Bridge Park Survived A Hurricane
On the night Hurricane Sandy roared into New York City, residents of “Zone A”—defined as an area likely to flood—were ordered to evacuate. People packed up their kids and pets and other valuables and...
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