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Hardscaping 101: Seashell Paths and Driveways
We think crushed seashells should be on the short list for surfacing paths and driveways. After all, they’re natural, beautiful, functional, and remind us of the sea. Read on to find out if crushed...
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Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
If there’s a rock star garden designer worthy of a biopic, then Piet Oudolf is probably the one. Revered and admired, the Dutch landscaper has become famous the world over for his breathtaking...
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10 Easy Pieces: Garden Plant Supports
Your garden is like a stage set, and to keep the spotlight on the main players you need props to help them. Plant supports will prevent top-heavy flowers such peonies and floppy vines (looking at you,...
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Introducing the Guest Judges of the 2018 Considered Design Awards
You have 12 days left to submit your garden design and home remodeling projects to the 2018 Considered Design Awards. Our contest is open to both professional and amateur gardeners and designers in...
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Swimming Pool of the Week: Privacy and Calm in Cap Ferret, France
When a large family of several siblings started having children of their own, they wanted to vacation together in their beloved Cap Ferret, France, while retaining some semblance of normalcy for their...
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10 Easy Pieces: Built-in Barbecue Grills
Unlike freestanding grills which you can wheel around to avoid a downdraft if the wind changes while you are cooking, built-in grills are in a fixed position. From a design standpoint, the message they...
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Gardening 101: Fleabane
Fleabane, Erigeron: “Dependable Daisy” Why is fleabane such a favorite? As a garden designer, I admittedly have a go-to list of plants curated over time and I reflexively consult it for any new...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Portugal
Portugal’s gardens are a lesson in Europe’s long history of conquest. The Roman and Moorish invaders who descended centuries ago on the sunny Iberian peninsula brought a predilection for colorful tile...
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Object of Desire: Hand-Crafted Porcelain House Numbers from Germany
One downside of living in a big apartment building, as I do, is that most efforts at curb appeal are irrelevant: I can’t affix a charming house number to my door, and there would be no passersby to see...
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Gardening 101: Passionflower
Passionflower, Passiflora: Passion Vine Passion vine can solve many problems in a landscape. Like a strategically placed dab of concealer on the face, vigorous fast growing vines can quickly beautify a...
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Hardscaping 101: Pennsylvania Bluestone
While I was in the midst of a major home construction project and feeling pretty good about some of my recent design decisions, the stonemason arrived and asked how I’d like the bluestone deck to look....
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10 Easy Pieces: Wooden Garden Benches
As much as I like working in my garden, what I really love is watching others work—squirrels furtively ferrying nuts to hideouts, bees on a tight schedule in the lemon tree, ants with plans. A...
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Gardening 101: Dianthus
Pinks, Dianthus: “Savior of Sissinghurst” Consider the “vast tribe of pinks, or Dianthus,” as the legendary English plantswoman Vita Sackville-West did when planting out the next season’s flower beds...
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Plant Based Diet: Summer Goddess Sun Tea
Making sun tea is kind of like cheating. In the best way. It sounds fancy and tastes delicious, but requires less effort than you’d think. Our summer goddess sun tea recipe is from natural beauty...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Small-Space Design Ideas to Steal
Small spaces can feel spacious with a few clever design ideas. This week the Remodelista investigated visual tricks to “move” walls, discovered simple furniture silhouettes, and found corner sinks to...
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Gardening 101: Corydalis
Corydalis, Corydalis: “Bird in a Bush” Shaped like the head of a crested lark (according to the ancient Greeks), corydalis flowers have a flitting, temporary look. They come and go all summer but the...
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Current Obsessions: City Summer
Staying in the city this weekend? Here are a few ways to escape and stay cool—plus more, on our radar. Above: How to grow strawberries in even the tiniest patch… plus, a recipe for a strawberry shrub...
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Everything You Need to Know About Lilies
“Lilies as a group are very difficult,” wrote the late, great gardening writer Henry Mitchell. “What is especially difficult and infuriating about lilies is that they will grow like virtual weeds and...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Denmark
Mild winters, cool summers, and flat stretches of landscape bordered by sandy shoreline characterize the growing conditions that gardeners in Denmark contend with. Wildly varied seasonal fluctuations...
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Outdoor Furniture: Stylish Seating Made from Recycled Sailcloth in Spain
The idea of turning retired boat sails into sun shades, shower curtains, and other useful things initially blew me away. That was about five years ago. Many giant sail tote sightings later, the concept...
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