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Ask the Expert: Tips for Starting a Houseplant Collection
When I asked Alea Joy Bessey, co-owner of Solabee Flowers and Botanicals in Oregon, how she first became interested in houseplants, I knew straight away that she was a woman after my own heart. Even as...
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Considering Tulips: Arne Maynard's Obsession with the Dutch Masters
One look at Allt-y-Bella in Monmouthshire, the home of garden designer Arne Maynard, and it is clear that here is someone with a bit of a thing about details. The pleaching, the topiary, the orangey...
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Small Space Gardening: A Tiny Greenhouse on Wheels
When she was in school, Danish designer Line Grüner’s thesis project was to design a mobile greenhouse so a city gardener could grow food in even the tiniest urban garden. We assume she got an A....
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#GardenistaIndoors: Happy Houseplants from Gardenista Readers
To wrap up our week of Living With Plants, we're sharing houseplant scenes from our readers. We asked readers to share their indoor gardens by tagging their Instagram pictures with #GardenistaIndoors....
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Trending on Remodelista: Across the Pond
Julie and the Remodelista team spent the week investigating kitchens, makers, and design-worthy details, all from an English vantage. Above: Architect Patrick Williams revives an East London apartment...
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Current Obsessions: The September Garden
Read to see what we loved this week: Above: With the heat wave in California, we're spending more evenings outside, starting with seven alluring fire pits. Weekend project: DIY address planter. Above:...
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Table of Contents: Japanese Modern
There is a serenity in simplicity, and this week we visit Japan to find it. Join us: Above: For more of this garden, see Worth the Trip: Eatrip in Tokyo. Monday Above: A tiny shed shields a small Tokyo...
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Before & After: A Storybook Shed and Garden in Tokyo
Tokyo-based landscape designer Yukihiro Matsuda of Brocante specializes in creating small moments to instill charm in a city garden: a potting shed with stained glass windows, a shower of white...
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Shopper's Diary: The Little Shop of Flowers in Tokyo
Hidden in a quiet Tokyo alley near the Meiji Shrine's subway station, The Little Shop of Flowers feels a world away from the teeming crowds of the nearby Harajuku and Shibuya districts. Florist Iki...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Japan
It's no coincidence if Japanese gardens remind you of those scene-in-a-shoebox dioramas you made in grade school. A Japanese garden is a miniature world full of abstract shapes—rocks, gravel, and...
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Gardenista Giveaway: Near & Far, a New Cookbook from Heidi Swanson
Influenced by travels to distant places, cookbook author Heidi Swanson's newest book, Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel, focuses on international fare from Japan, India, Morocco, and...
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10 Easy Pieces: Kokedama Plants
The Japanese tradition of kokedama—in which a plant's roots are wrapped in a moss ball—has spread worldwide and prompted many admiring variations (including our own DIY Kokedama Planters). It's easy to...
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Shopper's Diary: Buriki No Zyoro in Tokyo
At gardening shop Buriki no Zyoro (the name translates as Tin Watering Can) in Tokyo's leafy Jiyugaoka neighborhood, flats of flowers and plants spill out onto the sidewalk: Photography via Buriki no...
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DIY: A No-Cost Doorstop Borrowed from Nature
A permanent fixture on my wish list is architect Makoto Koizumi's Tetu Iron Door Stopper, a weighty, cast-iron doorstop in the shape of a simple river stone. At present, though, a river stone is far...
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Origami Seed Kit: The Gentle Art of Sprouting Salad
Swedish design studio Tomorrow Machine and Berlin-based farming incubator Infarm have teamed up to create a miniature greenhouse that folds like origami: Above: The Microgreen Indoor Garden Kit is $26...
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Into the Woods: Nakashima Garden and Studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania
Everything was bursting into bloom on the spring day when I had the opportunity to visit the New Hope, Pennsylvania home and studio of legendary American woodworker George Nakashima, a leader in the...
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Hardscaping 101: Rain Chains
Rain chains, a feature of Japanese architecture, are a pleasant alternative to downspouts. The Japanese translation is kusari doi, and for centuries the chains have hung from eaves of Buddhist temples...
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Raw Glass Vases by Nishiyama Yoshihiro
With air bubbles, rough edges, and a deliberate asymmetry, Japanese glassmaker Nishiyama Yoshihiro's vases are a reminder that sometimes the imperfect is most perfect. The raw glass vases have a...
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Zen and the Art of Bathing: 12 Serene Soaking Tubs
Sitting in a hot bath with a forest view and a light breeze is pretty close to our idea of heaven, and we have the soaking tub to thank for it. We've collected 12 of our favorite Japanese-inspired...
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DIY: No-Fuss Bonsai for Beginners
While there is no such thing as an effortless bonsai, we are making progress. The rules have changed since bonsai revolutionary Kenji Koyahashi invented keshiki bonsai. Tokyo-based Koyahashi, who...
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