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10 Tips for Gorgeous Garden Photos
Taking photos in the garden is way harder than shooting indoors because you can't control all the variables (have you ever seen it snow in a kitchen?). I love to take pictures of my garden. But I need...
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Garden Riddle: What's Round, and Sifts Twigs?
Maybe it is the gold miner in me; I love to sift things through a fine mesh. Sand, flour, flecks of solid gold—I'll take all of them on with enthusiasm. What a pleasure to stumble across a beautifully...
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5 Favorites: Plants for the Bath
The best room in the house (for your plants) is the bath. House plants perform well with natural light and shower mist; as an added bonus, they also purify the air. Since you probably don't have an...
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Topiary with a Softer Side
Hidden beneath my preference for natural-looking gardens, I have a weak spot for topiary. Relaxed topiary, that is. Relaxed topiary; is that an oxymoron? Topiary is defined as "the horticultural...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Nautical Bulkhead Lighting
Designed to shine through mist, fog, and other wet-weather conditions, nautical-inspired bulkhead lighting is a great choice for outdoor spaces. Here are ten options to consider: (N.B.: Our selections...
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The English Gardener: Put on a Warm Coat and Get on With It
I am at the top of a ladder under an old pergola reaching, just reaching a little farther, for the next overgrown vine. Snip, or worse—pull out some twine and tie in the unruly bits. Can anyone really...
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Squirrel Feeders for the Backyard
My dog Larry—or rather, Officer Larry—spends a good portion of his busy day standing on the back of the sofa and peering officiously out the window, on the lookout for varmints. Squirrels in...
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5 Favorites: Vines as Indoor Decor
Ever since we spotted famed designer Rose Tarlow's LA living room, featuring delicate vines creeping up the walls and spilling over the rafters, we've been mildly obsessed with the idea of indoor...
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To the Hunt: England's Most Discreet Tailors
They have a royal warrant over the door, but these tailors of the English hunt still stay as far below the radar as it is possible to be. "We are situated in the heart of the English Shires, the best...
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The World's Best Boots
It's a far cry from London's Jermyn Street, which once supplied clothes and boots to hunting folk when they came down from the Shires. Horace Batten has been making boots for cavalry and huntsmen...
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DIY: Winter Finery, Foraged in Brooklyn
Making your own wintertime corsage is less about having a particular way with plants and more about your tolerance for braving chilly temperatures to do your foraging. Inspired by Akiko Seki's festive...
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Alternatives to Ivy: Vertical Growers
Recently we offered a professional's recommendation of the perfect Ivy plant. Little did we know this benign (OK, maybe "invasive" is more apt) plant would stir up a bee's hive of controversy. Some...
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Calling All Gardeners: What's Your Favorite Shop?
Word of mouth. That's the way most gardeners learn there's an amazing collection of moss-covered terra cotta pots at a nearby florist's shop or that a shipment of unusual hellebores just arrived at...
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5 Favorites: Add Color to the Winter Garden
Those of us who bemoan the lack of direct sun in our gardens should take heart. You can have color in your garden right now, in the middle of winter—even if your garden is shady. Here's how:...
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DIY Update: A Banquet for Brooklyn Birds
Last week our Brooklyn correspondent Erin Boyle made a clever bird feeder from a grapefruit half and dangled it out of her apartment window. Were you thinking: "Nice re-use of old fruit, but what...
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The World's Most Adorable House Plant
Much like animals, plants have character: some are prickly or spare, while others are jovial and grand. And then there's Mikado. Though small in stature, this wee plant has so much personality, it's...
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Seed Source: Kitazawa Seed Co.
Last week when I was cooking with Thai basil purchased at an Asian supermarket, I wondered why I limited my herb garden to Genovese basil? And, come to think of it, why not consider planting other...
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5 Favorites: Garden Tuteurs
Vertical gardens don't have to be limited to a wall or fence. Support your climbing plants and add ornament to your garden with a tuteur. "Tuteur" is the French word for "trainer." In this case, it's...
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The World's Best Snow Brush
Growing up in Chicago, I learned to loathe those plastic-bristle brush and scraper things that we kept in the car to clean snow off the windshield. OK, maybe that was transference: what I really...
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DIY: Frozen Ice Candle Holders
Luminous winter lanterns, spotted on Willowday, are easy, inexpensive to make, and yet manage to create an almost magical effect at night. Our favorite kind of DIY project: Fill balloons with water,...
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