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10 Easy Pieces: Single Stem Bud Vases
When I was 16, my very first job involved placing tiny stems of flowers in bud vases and I took it very seriously, carefully deciding which direction each stem was going to lean. It seems almost too...
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Everything You Need to Know About Lavender (Plus 5 Kinds to Grow)
Everything you need to know about lavender is a lot. Remember the Encyclopedia Britannica? The final hardcover edition—with 32 alphabetized volumes and 32,640 pages of cold, hard facts—was about the...
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Royal Wedding: The Self-Taught Florist Behind the Scenes
In the midst of foreboding international news, Brits are currently lapping up every frothy detail of the impending nuptials of Prince Harry and his American bride-to-be, Meghan Markle. The latest is...
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Key West Classic: A Vintage Beach House with Modern Curb Appeal
Welcome to Key West, where a 4-foot-high white picket fence is part of the everyday landscape. By law.”In Old Town, our historic architectural review commission has jurisdiction and you have to do the...
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Gardening 101: Blueberries
Blueberry, Vaccinium spp.: “Ornamental Superfood” Blueberries were the first fruit I grew in my first Brooklyn garden on a tiny fifth-floor terrace in Brooklyn. I expected a lot from my collection of...
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Steal This Look: A Modern Courtyard in East Flanders, Belgium
In the Belgian town of Tielrode, two artists transformed an inherited property, a former inn and café, into a nature retreat called Good Repose. A major part of the renovation was the south-facing...
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Trending on Remodelista: Luxe on a Dime
Anything you buy for your home should be well made and useful as well as beautiful—that’s a Remodelista mantra. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend more than you can afford on pricey items. See...
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Required Reading: New Nordic Gardens
In recent years, Scandinavian countries have been lauded as leaders in design. Among admirers of a minimalist design aesthetic, Scandinavian fashion, graphic, and interior design have been praised for...
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Current Obsessions: In the Greenhouse
Among the things on our radar as we head into Sustainable Design week? A hotly anticipated plant fair (the premiere plant event in Brooklyn this spring). Plus, Michelle’s take on the kitchen design...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Superstar Dutch Designer Piet Oudolf
If the world of gardening has rock stars, Piet Oudolf qualifies as Mick Jagger, David Bowie, and Prince rolled into one. The Dutch landscape designer—whose work is instantly recognizable for its dreamy...
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Hardscaping 101: Metal Landscape Edging
Metal landscape edging is the little black dress of a garden: elegant, strong yet understated, tailored and timeless. A long-time design secret of professional landscapers, metal has edged its way into...
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Plant of the Week: Wisteria
The charms of wisteria are almost impossible to resist. Lounging languorously over a fence or pergola, the perennial flowering vine will beckon to you with her heady perfume. Before you know it, her...
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Landscaping Ideas: 16 Simple Solutions for Sustainability
Landscaping ideas for sustainable gardens are in the forefront of designers’ minds—and concern about climate change has us all looking for ways we can help. Here is our guide to 16 eco-friendly ways to...
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10 Easy Pieces: Metal Window Boxes
After we posted a story about some of our favorite wooden window boxes, a reader named Chris asked us to suggest some metal window boxes, as well: “It’s hard to find simple, attractive ones; they all...
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Wild Flower Society: 10 Outside-The-Box Native Plants
New England gardeners who look for native species enjoy the happy support of the New England Wild Flower Society, an organization dedicated to the study, preservation, and propagation of the region’s...
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Au Naturel in Auckland: A Beachside Courtyard by Jared Lockhart Design
The city beach in Auckland is one of New Zealand’s busiest. To minimize the impact of heavy foot traffic to a new restaurant at the historic Melanesian Mission building, Herbst Architects and Katie...
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10 Easy Pieces: Rain Barrels
Rain barrels may not be the most glamorous of garden tools but with water shortages on the rise, they have quickly become a crucial component of the smart, sustainable garden. After you set up a...
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Elephant’s Ears: Rethinking Bergenias in the Garden
Bergenias labor under the unflattering name of elephant’s ears but deserve better—they are a great perennial plant to fill awkward spaces or end a border. Typically tolerated as tough ground cover...
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10 Easy Pieces: Rattan Bar Carts
A rattan bar cart is an excellent investment in the sense that you can keep it outdoors for seasonal celebrations and roll it indoors in inclement weather. Plus, its retro-tropical silhouette is...
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Worm London: ‘Two Girls, a Stack of Books, and Loads of Flowers’
Worm London is a floristry studio that is run out of a tiny basement in Stoke Newington, East London. The business began two years ago when friends Katie Smyth and Terri Chandler decided it was time to...
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