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DIY: Twisted Wire Vases
The charm is in imperfection. We can think of many uses for these homemade, twisted wire frames, spotted via Luli; they are sturdy enough to hold balls of twine or small flower vases. Here's how to...
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A Bag for Kindling
What do you do with all those stray bits of branch you rake up in the garden? We like to use them in the hearth to start a fire. Here's a twig-sized bag to collect kindling: Above: A jute Kindling...
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Hike of the Week: A Glimpse of Bob Hope's House in Palm Springs
On the Road to... Bob Hope's House. One weekend recently, I found myself in Palm Springs for a film festival, at which my friend Neil Barsky's new documentary, Koch: The Movie, was being screened....
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Design Sleuth: Rustic Walking Stick
It's always hiking weather as far as we're concerned. On the trail you may encounter rain or snow, of course (or even a few rattlesnakes if you're in Palm Springs and headed uphill for a look at Bob...
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5 Favorites: A Rose for All Regions, Northern California Edition
The best time to plant roses in northern California is January and February. Before rushing off to the nursery, we turned to our friend Samantha Greenwood, the special events chef at Alice Waters'...
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Up on the Roof: A Red Tile Birdhouse
Concerned that fewer and fewer birds are able to find nesting spots in developed cities in the Netherlands, Arnhem-based designer Klaas Kuiken came up with a novel way for them to build homes on...
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A Secret Garden: Spring Comes to Connecticut
Spring seems like a distant daydream. Luckily Michael Leva, a reader who gardens in Connecticut's Litchfield County, sent us some photos to remind us of what's ahead (in four months or so: stay...
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Cold-Weather Birdhouses from Belgium
We've been admiring a collection of warm birdhouses for cold weather, offered by Dille & Kamille, Belgium's version of a hardware store (translation: a shop where everything is beautiful as well...
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DIY: Performance Fleece for Your Fruit Trees
A few years ago when my mom was living in Napa Valley, she had an ongoing battle against the local deer and turkeys over the almost-ripened fruit she had been waiting for all winter. Recently I...
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A Snow Shovel Built to Last
From Holland’s Sneeboer Company, known for high-quality, hand-forged Dutch garden tools, comes a stainless steel snow blade that may be the last snow shovel you will ever need to buy: Above: Designed...
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A Stylish Avian Apartment
A cozy home for feathered friends, this terra cotta nest is perfect for gardeners who love their birds. Fashioned from a classic ceramic pot with a Douglas fir front, the rustic/modern bird sNEST (No,...
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My Dirty Secret, or How I Learned to Live with a Marble Backsplash
Always, it was about the marble. My platonic ideal—the house I would lie awake and fantasize about—involved carrara: countertops, mantels, thresholds, and backsplashes. Pretty much every surface...
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The Original Vertical Garden: Hotel Raphael in Rome
On a recent trip to Rome, I turned down a quiet street near the Piazza Navona, came face to face with the facade of the Hotel Raphael, and suddenly understood all the fuss about vertical gardens:...
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Vertical Garden Kit: The Ideal Ivy
Inspired by today's post "The Original Vertical Garden via Rome," we asked a handful of garden professionals to recommend the ideal ivy to use for a DIY vertical garden. The hands-down recommendation:...
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Paris in London: Neisha Crosland's Garden Oasis
If French gardens are formal and English gardens are not, then British textile designer Neisha Crosland’s London garden is the perfect combination of both. Known for her oversized graphics and...
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Design Sleuth: Neisha Crosland's Espaliered Vines
The secret to getting vines to grow against a wall—and to taming them to grow in the right direction—is to build them scaffolding. To recreate the look at designer Neisha Crosland's house, you just...
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Linen Wrapped Pots for All Your House Plants
Craving unity? Repot house plants in matching clay pots and group them on a table or in the window sill. We like these linen wrapped pots in diameters ranging from 4 to 9.5 inches, spotted at Terrain:...
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5 Favorites: A Rose for All Regions, Texas Edition
We’ve all heard of the yellow rose of Texas (many of us have even have burst into song about it). But the Texas roses whose praises experts are singing these days are called EarthKind—and they are...
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10 Easy Pieces: Pruning Saws
Just because trees are dormant, doesn't mean the home gardener can be, too. Winter is tree-pruning season and the proper arsenal includes a pruning saw (for the thicker branches when pruning shears or...
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World's Biggest Vertical Garden: One More Reason to Visit Italy
Most tourists snap photos of the Coliseum or the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but let us not overlook what in my opinion is Italy's most important contribution to 21st architecture—the world's biggest...
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