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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Ways to Use Wood to Warm a Room
Wood is your friend—a welcoming, forgiving surface that instantly warms up a room. This week the Remodelista editors rekindled their romance with larch, walnut, and reclaimed barn siding (stay tuned...
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Everything You Need to Know About Filler Stone for Paths
When laying a path with pavers, you have a choice to fill the gaps with grout, ground cover plants, or filler stones such as gravel or decomposed granite. As a garden designer, I often advocate filler...
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Current Obsessions: Mother Nature
On our radar this weekend: Mother’s Day pop-ups and the return of the geranium. Plus, look no further for all your plant swap needs: Announcing our new Plant Swap Calendar, where we’ll list a selection...
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Hardscaping 101: Outdoor Showers
Outdoor showers are what I look forward to most during our annual summer excursion to the North Carolina shore. More than swimming in the warm ocean, curling up with a book under the umbrella with my...
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10 Things to Do in the Garden in May
You don’t need us to tell you that the very best thing to do in May is to pull a comfortable chair into the garden and settle into it. But after you sit there for awhile, you may want to get more...
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English Gardens: David Austin Roses in Shropshire
Great Britain was awash with patriotic fervor last year as our queen celebrated her 90th birthday. But there was another national treasure celebrating the same milestone—and just like the queen, David...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Appalachia
My introduction to Appalachia came when my young, adventurous mom and dad decided to pull up roots and leave New Jersey to pursue a different life in the south, riding an optimistic wave of post–World...
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View-Friendly Cable Railings from Feeney
Have you ever sat down on a deck surrounded by beautiful scenery, hoping to take in the sights, only to discover that a chunky railing is obstructing your view? So have we. Enter sleek, stainless steel...
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Bleeding Hearts and Dutchman’s Breeches: A User’s Guide
Cottage gardeners were only mildly perturbed when the easygoing, arching spring beauty Dicentra spectabilis had its name changed to Lamprocapnos spectabilis. Its common name, bleeding heart, was still...
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Landscape Revival: A Secluded, Historic 1920s Estate in Santa Barbara (Rose...
For a year now we’ve been tracking Brooklyn-based architect Roberto Sosa around the far reaches of the US, from the Hudson Valley to the wild northern coast of Maui, where he’s designed gardens for his...
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10 Easy Pieces: Permeable Pavers
Pavers have their own language: they can be porous, permeable, or pervious. All three types are designed with sustainability in mind, to filter rainwater and prevent runoff. So what’s the difference?...
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Nasami Farms: A New England Mecca for Native Plant Lovers
My first sojourn to Garden in the Woods was enough to convert me. (See Walk on the Wild Side: A New England Woodland Garden.) Ever since that visit to the New England Wild Flower Society‘s native...
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Everything You Need to Know About Grass Block Pavers
Joni Mitchell wasn’t kidding when she said you could wreck paradise with a parking lot. You can damage it with a driveway, too, especially the typical asphalt or concrete ones. Or you can keep the...
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Just Add Flowers: A Gin Maker at the Chelsea Flower Show
It is no longer possible to order a simple gin and tonic in a country pub in Northamptonshire, England. Instead, the bartender demands more detail; there are decisions to be made. Are you looking for a...
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How to Repot an Orchid (Without Killing It)
Congratulations, orchid lover! You’re one of an elite few who have managed to find the right balance of water, sunlight, date nights, and long walks on the beach to have a healthy relationship with...
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Royal Wedding Cake: Floral Flavors from an American Baker, at Violet Cakes
Here’s what we know so far about the royal wedding cake that Claire Ptak, California native and proprietor of Violet Cakes in London, is baking to celebrate the marriage of Prince Harry to Meghan...
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10 Easy Pieces: Midcentury Modern Cylinder Planters
The iconic midcentury modern cylinder planter is having a moment. The originals, introduced in the 1950s by LA-based Architectural Pottery, have spawned a new generation of graceful, simple...
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Boxwood Topiaries: 6 Tips for Trimming Shrubs from Niwaki’s Jake Hobson
In the topiary world Jake Hobson is a bit of a rock star. The Dorset-based topiarist originally studied at the Slade—London’s premier art school—before a trip to Japan in 1997 that set him on a greener...
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Chelsea Flower Show: What to Watch on TV (Beyond the Royal Wedding)
Hot on the heels of tomorrow’s royal wedding, the Chelsea Flower Show should see British bonhomie soaring, especially if the weather holds. Television coverage starts on Sunday on the British...
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Royal Wedding Bridal Bouquet: It’s Myrtle’s Moment
Meghan Markle’s bridal bouquet likely will include an unassuming white myrtle flower clipped from a shrub which has been a member of the royal family since Queen Victoria’s reign. At British royal...
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