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A Classical Approach to a Mod Minimalist Dutch Garden
Dutch garden designer Martin Veltkamp, known for creating tranquil landscapes composed around distinctly geometric forms, created a modern minimalist garden to surround a large villa in the...
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Bouquet of the Week: Splurge on Black and White Anemones
The first apartment my husband and I shared had a tiny white and black kitchen. A huge white porcelain sink sloped gracefully into a black tiled counter top, and black-and-white checked tiles formed a...
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10 Easy Pieces: Herb Markers
Growing up I was often given the chore of snipping herbs for the evening's dinner. Usually the task was simple (rosemary, mint, thyme), but then there was lemon thyme and purple basil and shiso leaves...
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Tweet To Win: Let's Get #GardenChores Trending
Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero believed that “if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." We agree, as long as we can throw in a few good garden tools. To celebrate...
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5 Quick Fixes: Grow Herbs on a Windowsill
Other people's windowsill herb gardens are like other people's children. They always seem better behaved than one's own. You never see the basil sulking, or the chives whining about how they'd rather...
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Les Fleurs Sauvages: Givré in Gunma, Japan
There are other people in Japan like myself in search of a brave florist like Yuko. When I discovered her shop, Givré, (whose name translates to "frosted"), it became my favorite instantly—but it...
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Urban Gardener: Is It OK to Reuse Potting Soil?
Last weekend I wrested my window box from its perch and brought it into the apartment for a spring-inspired overhaul. My seedlings are progressing heroically, but it will be weeks before they'll be...
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10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Bistro Table and Chair Sets
Tiny bistro tables and and compact chairs are eminently more practical for outdoors than big hulking monster pieces, because you can easily carry them from patio to lawn and back, to follow the sun....
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The English Gardener: Can We Please Be Less Fanatically Tidy?
The man from ABC Tidy Gardens is here to look at our hedges, which have become huge and wild. The oversized parameters give the place a neglected look. The idea of a "tidy garden" is an amusing one to...
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Contest Winner: A City Gardener Who Goes Home to Help Mom Weed
We're celebrating spring by sponsoring four giveaway contests with prizes from Williams-Sonoma Agrarian's new catalog. Last week we invited readers to tell us how they would use the first prize, a...
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Bare Bulbs Never Looked Better: De Boschhoeve Nursery in Holland
Every spring the Snowdrop Festival marks the official arrival of the growing season at De Boschhoeve in Wolfheze, Holland. Surrounded by woodland and old farmland, plantswoman Dineke Logtenberg's...
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DIY: Hanging Easter Posies
In celebration of that time of year when one gets to indulge with abandon in bunnies, chicks, and all things "cute, pretty and pastel," this week my children and I have been creating a myriad of...
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A Trowel Shaped Like a Tulip; (from Holland, of Course)
Leave it to the Dutch to create a trusty Tulip Trowel—from the Netherlands firm DeWit, a company that has been making hand-forged garden tools since 1898. The company recently added the Tulip Trowel...
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10 Favorite Tulips to Plant This Fall
Tulips require planning. My neighbors (or the yard services they use) must have thought ahead, because I already see signs of tulip leaves in their flower beds. I missed last year's bulb planting, but...
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New From Ikea: A Stepladder Shelf for Plants
As soon as we spotted the new Hjalmaren ladder shelf—coming in April from Ikea—we started thinking about which wall (or window) should serve as a backdrop. We especially like the way it looks leaning...
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5 Quick Fixes: In-Counter Compost Solutions
Confession: I am a reluctant composter. I know, I know. My impulse is to scrape the dinner plates into the sink, whirl the disposal, and be done with it. I do have a stainless compost bucket under the...
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DIY: Easter Egg Radish Centerpiece
A DIY floral arrangement inspired by Easter egg radishes, an heirloom variety that comes in shades of pink, red, purple, and white and resembles the colored eggs of the season. Photographs by Alexa...
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DIY: Hibiscus-Dyed Easter Eggs
Ask my family and they will quickly affirm that once I discover something I really like, it's hard for me to let go. Last year, that something was hibiscus. Hibiscus salts. Hibiscus sun tea. Hibiscus...
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Hike of the Week: A Gentle Walk in the Land of Eternal Sunshine
Let’s say you’ve just spent six hours squashed in an airless airplane trying to escape from a stubborn, endless winter in the Northeast. You’ve made it to Long Beach, CA. The weather is warmer and you...
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Forsythia for a Bright Easter Table
When it comes to planning meals, I'm a fairly firm believer that the emphasis should be on the food. Everything else just feels like distraction. But when there are holidays and guests and springtime...
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