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Contest: Win a Galvanized Trug and Plant Markers
Help us celebrate the first day of spring (it's tomorrow—mark your calendar) and with it, the return of fresh salads and herb-infused cocktails and vegetables that really taste like vegetables because...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Clocks
When donning garden gloves, your watch is better left indoors. Consider a weatherproof clock to keep track of time (and temperatures) in the garden. Above: The Large Metal Weatherproof Outdoor Clock...
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DIY: An Instant Carpet of Snowdrops
Next year's snowdrops? Get them now. Even before the snow melts, they spread with gay abandon and can be transplanted while in bloom. (Does this explain England's national obsession?) If someone gives...
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Etsy Find: The World's Most Stylish Birdhouses
Properly tended to, birds and other helpful insects only add charm to our yards. That's why we at Gardenista love to give back to our winged friends with inspired housing like these from The Bird on...
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Steal This Look: Modern Brooklyn Backyard on a Budget
A common dilemma after you renovate a house? There's little (or no) money to fix up the garden, which the contractors left looking like a war zone. Here's a stylish—and frugal—plan for a sunny...
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DIY: The Ultimate Disguise
In the springtime, muscari—which is also known as grape hyacinth—can be spotted around the base of nearly every tree in my Brooklyn neighborhood. A florist's pot of the striking blue flowers is one of...
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Pinterest Contest Winner: What's Your Outdoor Dining Dream?
Last week, we asked readers to create pinboards to describe the perfect outdoor dining experience. We're excited to announce the winner is Jane, whose pinboard transported us from the office to a...
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Fields of Green: 5 Favorite Lawn Substitutes
The arrival of spring conjures the scent of freshly mowed grass. But, this memory edits out the accompanying mower noise, grass allergies, proliferation of chemical fertilizers, obscene water...
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A Reader's Secret Garden: Enchanted Burchetts Wood
On the edge of a large heath land in the county of Surrey in the South of England lives painter and best-selling author Celia Lewis with her chickens and turkeys and sheep—and the occasional pig....
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High/Low: Fermob for Less?
We've long admired Fermob's Luxembourg metal seating for its simple shape and outdoor/indoor quality. So we couldn't help but notice the striking similarity between Ikea's latest outdoor furniture and...
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Hike of the Week: Up to West Point Inn with Sadie
I have stayed overnight in a little lean-to that the people at West Point Inn have the effrontery to call a "cabin" despite a lack of a bathroom, heat, or, come to think of it, a real wall on the...
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City Living: A Portable Balcony Garden From France
Tiny apartment, big ideas—how can you (attractively) cram the most plants onto a miniscule balcony this spring? We like the idea of starting small with a portable baloncy garden kit by French designer...
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5 Favorites: Lofty House Plants
The design conundrum of "how to make the most of a small space" gets a lot of attention these days. But sometimes creating a cozy environment in a lofty room can be equally challenging. One easy fix...
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The Landscape Designer Is In: Elegant Deer Fencing, Hamptons Edition
True or false: Life in the Hamptons is just about perfect. Well, we all know the answer—nowhere is life perfect—but for gardeners on the east end of Long Island, imperfection comes equipped with four...
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DIY: How to Make Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Surgeons require less equipment than what my three brothers and I would routinely spread out on the kitchen table to dye Easter eggs when we were children. Our father was a pharmacist, so we had...
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Easter at Villa Augustus in the Netherlands
Located on the grounds of a 19th century Dutch water tower, Villa Augustus offers a year-round bounty of color, in its vibrant flowers, lush gardens, and lively decor. This spring finds the Dordrecht...
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Miracles Do Exist: 5 Ways to Banish Computer Cords from Your Home Office
I hate cords. Even the word "cords" is ugly. Yet they were everywhere in my life, snaking across the floor, tangled under my desk, draped over the nightstand, twining themselves around the headboard...
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DIY: An Easter Bouquet With Sarah Raven
"I'm someone who likes to be busy," says British garden writer Sarah Raven. A former doctor, she applies a rigorous logic to creating loveliness, and the results are anything but clinical: Even though...
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World's Best Outdoor/Indoor Teak Furniture
Danish designer Povl Eskildsen's latest Verden (Danish for "the world") collection of indoor-outdoor furniture earns a spot on our must-have list. The furniture is designed for Gloster, whose "made...
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5 Favorites: Rolling Plant Stands
As the weather turns colder, favorite annuals or tender perennials can come inside to survive the winter. Even large specimens can be easy indoor company. Put their pots on wheels to get them out of...
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