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Ask the Expert: An Insider’s Guide to Swimming Pool Design from Scott Lewis
“A well-designed pool can be a restful, soothing, and sophisticated water element in a landscape,” says Scott Lewis of Scott Lewis Landscape Architecture. Since launching his San Francisco firm in...
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10 Things to Do in the Garden in June
The garden looks as if it is doing fine without any help, thank you. Why do any chores in June? The reason is August—when perennials will flop listlessly, whispering, “Help me, mommy,” with their last...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Amsterdam’s Canal Houses
Amsterdam’s great canals were built in the 17th century, prompting the city’s burgers to rush to build elegantly formal houses on narrow plots of adjacent land. Four hundred years later, the city’s...
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Artful Planters from Belgium
Planters as sculpture: handmade clay vessels from Belgian-based Atelier Vierkant function as art for the garden. In the US, the planters–which “explore the possibilities of organic minimalism in form...
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Gardening 101: Garlic
Garlic, Allium sativum Pungent garlic is one of the most satisfying crops to grow. From a single clove planted the previous autumn comes a full, fat head of aromatically fresh summer garlic, quite...
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Everything You Need to Know About Bearded Iris
After 13 years as head gardener of England’s world-famous gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Sarah Cook may have been forgiven for putting her feet up when she retired to the beautiful Suffolk...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wicker Sofas
Wicker furniture is woven, and while the wicker sofa may owe its origins to ancient Egypt’s finely woven baskets made of rush, its look can be distinctly modern. Whatever the material—bamboo, cane,...
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Considered Design Awards 2018: Win a $500 Gift Card from Schoolhouse
This year, winners in each of our Considered Design Awards categories will receive a $500 gift card to shop at Portland, Oregon–based Schoolhouse. (Winning projects also will get full profiles on...
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What the Flower: A Hair Salon and Plant Shop in Paris
Lest anyone not know that hair stylist Justine Jeanin is also a #crazyplantlady, she has a tattoo on her forearm of a woman’s head crowned by a tangle of leaves. For many years, the 30-year-old...
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Object of Desire: Folding Plant Shelves
When we discovered the charms of stepladder plant stands, we became secret admirers of all kinds of foldaway display shelves. Fold-up shelving is particularly useful in the garden, where display needs...
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Gardening 101: Oregano
Oregano, Origanum: “Joy of the Mountain” One of my garden clients came back from vacationing in Spain and gave me some oregano that he had smuggled into the States. Really, I thought? Smuggling...
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Landscaping: 8 Ideas to Add Antiques Artfully to Any Garden
You don’t need to inherit an ancestral estate to make antiques look at home in a garden. Beautiful vintage stone urns, columns, and planters—or even new ones masquerading as old—can be used in almost...
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10 Easy Pieces: Folding Patio Chairs
What I love about warm weather: Guests show up at a moment’s notice. Sometimes it’s easier to feed them than to seat them, though, unless you have a secret stash of folding chairs–the weather-resistant...
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Gardening 101: Hostas
Hosta, Hosta: “Plantain Lily” My introduction to hostas came when I was the new owner of a 1920s brick row house in Queens, New York. Spring arrived and the tiny shade garden in front of the house...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Flemish Design Ideas to Steal
This week the Remodelista editors found design inspiration in Flanders, where some of the best designs have a flavor of both Belgium and the Netherlands. Here are five Flemish design ideas to steal....
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Gardening 101: Astilbe
Astilbe, Astilbe x arendsii: “False Spirea” Astilbe is a perennial plant that the noted American garden writer Allen Lacy praised as “vertical pizzazz.” Not only is it gorgeous but also it’s easy to...
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English Gardens: Everything You Need to Know About Dovecotes
Let’s decode the dovecote—the ultimate birdhouse and a quintessential element of English gardens. Where did these charming shelters for pigeons and doves originate? Would you like one for your own...
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Current Obsessions: In Bruges
This weekend we’re wrapping up our Flemish Gardens issue. Up next? Our week on Postage-Stamp Gardens. For now, here’s what’s on our list for the weekend. Above: One from the archives: a simple sprig of...
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Ask the Expert: Roof Garden Basics with Designer Julie Farris
“A roof garden is the ultimate optimization of space in an urban area,” says Julie Farris, a landscape designer and founder of XS Space. “You can have a garden on top of your house without buying more...
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Everything You Need to Know About Hydrangeas
Without hydrangeas, would summer as we know it exist? From Tokyo to Nantucket, their big, blowsy blooms are synonymous with warm nights and lazy days. But don’t take hydrangeas for granted. With more...
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