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Ask the Expert: 10 Tips for a Zero Waste Garden
My neighbor Bea has persuaded her family (including her husband, Scott, her two sons and a tiny dog) to live with less stuff than the average monk—and to produce no garbage. She's a high priestess of...
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Cactus as Glamorous Privacy Fencing
Forget bamboo. For a green privacy wall, consider a centuries-old Mexican method: a cactus fence. We spotted a cactus privacy wall at El Montero, a south-of-the-border restaurant where you can dine al...
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Curb Appeal Cactus: A Drive-by Garden Visit in LA
A drive-by garden with otherworldly succulents captured the attention of LA-based garden blogger Denise Maher one day while she was passing by a stucco house in an unfamiliar neighborhood. She caught a...
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Hardscaping 101: Guide to Sustainable Landscape Design
Concern about climate change has us all looking for ways we can help. Here is our guide to 21 eco-friendly ways to make a difference when you design a landscape or hardscape project:Â Capture Rainwater...
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Outbuilding of the Week: An Instant Backyard Room for Work and Play
Designed by Australia's ArchiBlox, these instant Backyard Rooms—well, practically instant—create extra living or studio space, and they're small enough that no building permit is required. All you do...
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Purple Haze: 11 Lavender Gardens Around the World
Lavender is the secret weapon of gardeners around the world. In warm, dry climates, the herb's 39 evergreen species can fill problem spots in the garden with year-round foliage and with flowers in...
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Exclusive: A Visit to the Secret Herb Garden of Scotland
In an exclusive interview published today, our friends at Freunde von Freunden spend the day with Scotland's most passionate salad chef (she delivers them by bicycle to residents across Edinburgh) and...
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Trending on Remodelista: The New Eclecticism
Mix and match is the mantra of disciples of The New Eclecticism. The Remodelista editors spent the week exploring stylish spaces that combine old and new, rough and sleek, and romantic minimalism. Now...
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Current Obsessions: Oscars Preview
Have a look at a few things we loved this week. Above: A new kind of tepee. Photograph courtesy of Dezeen. Boyhood or Birdman? Ballots are in. Birds on the brink. Above: Repotting a succulent? Read...
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Design Sleuth: Julianne Moore's Staghorn Ferns
Nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in Still Alice, actress Julianne Moore has a townhouse garden in Manhattan's West Village that takes advantage of city shade and dampness with a wall...
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Table of Contents: The Power of Scent
Coco Chanel believed that a woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future. We feel the same way about gardens. Join us for a week of celebrating scent, as we track down a Parisian florist's favorite...
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Before & After: A Jet Black Garden with White Jasmine Perfume
For a fashion designer in Fulham with a small townhouse backyard about 16 feet wide and 42 feet deep, London-based garden designer Charlotte Rowe came up with a plan to connect the garden visually with...
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Garden Tech: 10 Essential Flower Apps to ID Plants and Leaves
Flower apps and plant ID tools keep getting better. Are you an amateur botanist, a hiker confronted by an unfamiliar tree on a trail, or a gardener who snaps a photo of a mystery plant you'd like to...
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Rehab Diary: Jo Malone's Fragrance Garden in Brooklyn
The Scenario: A 3,140-square-foot lot in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood (home to one of the country's most polluted waterways and notorious for its toxic stench) was sending tens of thousands of...
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Steal This Look: A Dash of Purple for a Black and White Powder Room
We're always on the lookout for inspiring ideas, even in a restaurant bathroom. Our favorite midday LA haunt, Joan's on Third, happens to have one of our favorite restrooms anywhere: back and white,...
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10 Easy Pieces: A Parisian Florist's Favorite Fragrant Roses
Our favorite Parisian florist in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is Odorantes, where flowers are arranged by scent. Where better to turn for a list of the 10 most fragrant roses to grow this year? Many of...
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Shopper's Diary: Marble & Milkweed's New York City Studio
The bathtub that launched a homegrown apothecary business? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. For Briar Winters, the woman behind the lower Manhattan-based online apothecary shop Marble &...
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DIY Flowers: 11 Easy Winter Floral Arrangements
We've got a plan for the wintertime flowers currently on offer from your neighborhood florist (or supermarket). We've made 11 easy DIY bouquets, each guaranteed to fill a room with the scent of spring:...
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Best of Ikea 2015: A Glass Greenhouse Cabinet
Spotted and admired in Ikea's new spring collection, a glass greenhouse cabinet to house your plants outdoors or in: Above: Made of powder coated galvanized steel with glass doors, a gray Hindö...
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Hardscaping 101: Steel Factory-Style Windows and Doors
Last week Michelle inspired us with 11 Facades with Factory Windows. The aesthetic harkens back to the greenhouses, factories, and warehouses of the 19th century. And their elegant, narrow sightlines...
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