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Announcing Our New Guide to Herbs
With spring under way, we’re excited to announce that our family of Garden Design 101 guides is expanding this week—with our new Herbs 101 guide. Whether you’re designing a new herb garden, choosing...
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Houseplants: How to Decode the Info on Plant ID Tags
You know those little plastic ID tags that come tucked into the pots or flats of plants you buy at a shop or nursery? The tags you usually toss as soon as you get home? Join the club: few gardeners pay...
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10 Easy Pieces: Galvanized Trough Planters
Can you name one potted plant that wouldn’t look great peeking over the edge of a galvanized metal trough? Me either. And let us not forget this is the sort of planter that improves with age. Sturdy,...
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Gardening 101: Italian Arum
Italian Arum, Arum Italicum: “Italian Marble” Italian Arum is companionable and well-behaved in a tapestry of ground covers—at least in Europe. In areas that are shady and a little damp, the marbled...
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The Houseplant Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Finicky Ferns
It all started off so well. My delta maidenhair fern was my pride and joy, its delicately drooping fronds hanging over my bathroom sink. Then winter came, the radiator switched on, and my fern’s leaves...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Steal from Commercial Kitchens
Chefs’ kitchens are designed for efficiency and utility. Where better to find inspiration for your own kitchen remodel? The Remodelista editors spent the week sleuthing out the best design ideas from...
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Landscaping Ideas: 11 Design Mistakes to Avoid
Early spring is the season of hope: for the most beautiful garden ever. And you can have that. You also can lay the most charming front path in the history of hardscaping projects. And create the most...
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Current Obsessions: Notes on Earth Day
Among the things we’ve bookmarked on the eve of Earth Day: a weekly flower pop-up in Dobbs Ferry, a native plants sale, and the season’s most anticipated (and morbid) bloom. Take a look. Above: Alexa...
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Container Gardening: Sarah Raven’s 7 Tips for Perfect Flower Pots
Perfecting the art of container gardening is no mean feat but Sarah Raven, the Sussex-based author, grower, cook, and lifestyle guru, has built a business on her skill in combining plants. She also has...
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How to Navigate the NYC Flower Market
Does the thought of a trip to the flower market make your palms sweat? Maybe I’m projecting, but I think big city flower markets can be unnerving for most people: The crowds. The hustle. The options....
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10 Ideas to Steal from Desert Gardens
Desert landscapes look like the backdrops in old cartoons, endless loops showing a lone cactus silhouetted against the sky while Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote tussle in the dusty foreground. The...
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Object of Desire: La Tente Islaise Canvas Beach Tents from France
New from industrial designer Brice Ceccaldi: simple, appealing cotton canvas tents that provide protection from sun, wind, and rain during summertime idylls. Ceccaldi has spent every recent summer on...
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Gardening 101: Agave
Agave, Agave americana: “Century Plant” Sometimes, even in a very small garden, you need something dramatic, a focal point that catches the eye. You might consider installing an ornament—an urn or a...
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Everything You Need to Know About Arbors
It’s important to make an entrance at a party or in garden. For a party, you need charisma and of course the right shoes. For a garden, all you need is an arbor, preferably covered in glorious...
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10 Easy Pieces: Stone Deck Tiles
With stone deck tiles, installing a floor outdoors can be as easy as snapping together Lego pieces. Many natural stone tiles are mounted on plastic interlocking bases and can be laid without glue or...
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Gardening 101: Lobelias
Lobelia, Lobelia erinus: “Summer Color” Lobelia is a go-to flower to add showy, delicate blooms to your borders, window boxes, or hanging baskets. This non-stop annual flower has fine foliage and...
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Required Reading: Skymeadow by Charlie Hart
Skymeadow by Charlie Hart is part autobiography, part garden how-to, and part self-help book for anyone suffering from a bereavement or anxiety. And I loved it. A couple of years ago, I met Charlie...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Dining Chairs in Pastel Colors
There’s something refreshing about outdoor dining chairs in color. Mix different shapes and shades to seat your guests for the season’s first foray into outdoor dining. Here’s a roundup of our favorite...
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Gardening 101: Eastern Redbud Trees
Eastern Redbud, Cercis canadensis: “Pea Flowers” In early spring the distinctive and profuse flowers of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis), a small tree native to eastern and central North America,...
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Landscape Architecture: Zen Garden Meets Desert, for Serenity in Santa Monica
What happens when a Japanese-style garden meets the southern California desert? For the very Zen results, let’s visit a serene gravel courtyard that landscape architecture firm Terremoto designed for...
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