10 Easy Pieces: Jute and Burlap Netting and Landscape Fabric
Jute is a jack of all trades in the garden. A natural fiber, jute is used to make burlap or hessian netting and landscape fabrics. These problem solvers are tough, inexpensive, and environmentally...
View ArticleCopper Gutters and Downspouts: Are They Worth It?
Face it, gutters are boring. But they’re important. Unless you live in the desert, you need gutters to keep rain from pouring off your roof and onto the foundation of your house, or into your basement...
View ArticleVote for the Best Curb Appeal Project in Our Design Awards
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for your favorite projects in our 2018 Considered Design Awards, once per day in each of the Gardenista and Remodelista...
View ArticlePollinator Gardens: 8 Easy Steps to Design a Landscape with Native Plants
When it comes to pollinator gardens, not all are created equal. In fact, we were surprised to learn that many plants advertised as “pollinator-friendly” actually do more harm than good, either because...
View ArticleGardening 101: Chinese Fringe Flower
Chinese Fringe Flower, Loropetalum chinense While boxwood, pittosporum, and hebe may be hogging the shrub spotlight, loropetalum can put up a fight when it comes to competing for a leading role. In...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Rambler Roses
Rambler roses often get overlooked for their more showy relatives, but they deserve better. Although many ramblers bloom only once per season (there are some exceptions), they continue from June and...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Steal for a Stylish Summer
Summer, meet style. This week the Remodelista editors rounded up their favorite design ideas to transform their interiors into seasonal sanctuaries. See five of their favorite design ideas to steal:...
View ArticleVote for the Best Hardscape Project in Our Design Awards
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for your favorite projects in our 2018 Considered Design Awards, once per day in each of the Gardenista and Remodelista...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Jetsetter
Our latest findings, and what’s on our agenda. Above: The ultimate flower-arranging getaway: At a historic 1904 buttery turned candle factory in Newstead, Australia, now the site of Instagrammer Katie...
View ArticleDemystifying Sunscreen: 5 Things You Need to Know
When it comes to sunscreen, I admit to being cranky. First there’s the way it makes me feel: sticky and grimy–and that’s before I’ve spent the day in the garden. Then there are all of the acronyms,...
View ArticleEvening Light: A Painter’s Serene Summer Garden in Upstate New York
A few weeks back, photographer Alison Engstrom and I took an early morning Amtrak north from New York City to Hudson to visit artist Helen Dealtry and Dan Barry in their clapboard house, tucked behind...
View ArticleVote for the Best Outdoor Living Space Project in Our Design Awards
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for your favorite projects in our 2018 Considered Design Awards, once per day in each of the Gardenista and Remodelista...
View ArticleEnchanted Garden: At Home with Florist Brigitte Girling in the English...
When florist Brigitte Girling of Moss & Stone discovered her house deep in the English countryside 18 years ago, much of the surrounding land had been sold off, and the remaining one-acre garden...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Modern White Outdoor Chaise Loungers
Nothing says “holiday” quite like an outdoor chaise, particularly when it’s poolside and accompanied by an aperitif. Here are our 10 favorite modern white outdoor chaise loungers and sun beds for an...
View ArticleA Romantic River Garden in The Netherlands, Handmade Edition
German artist and designer Valentin Loellmann converted a listed stable house into a characterful, hand-built home for his family. At first, the house, located on the River Maas in the Dutch town of...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About ZZ Plants
As I was headed into my local nursery the other day, an interior-plant deliveryman was unloading a van out front. Because I am perennially curious and a devout plant lover, I poked my head inside and...
View ArticleGarden Visit: An Enchanted Summerhouse in the German Countryside
Old rose vines climb the facade. Bucolic pastureland surrounds a secluded half-acre of land. And “the only visible neighbor is the church across the street with its beautiful old church tower which can...
View ArticleVote for the Best Edible Garden Project in Our Design Awards
Our judges have chosen the finalists, now you choose the winners. Vote for your favorite projects in our 2018 Considered Design Awards, once per day in each of the Gardenista and Remodelista...
View ArticleRequired Reading: The Outside Institute Field Guide to the Hudson and Upper...
For aspiring East Coast adventurers who want to explore nature in the Hudson and Upper Delaware valleys, The Outside Institute’s new guide to local flora, fauna, and fungi identifies 52 kinds of...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas for High Summer
We’ll be sad to see July go. But, courage—August lies ahead, with lazy days and sunflowers in the garden. The Remodelista editors spent the week discovering new design ideas for high summer. Here are...
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