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Celebrity Spotting at the Chelsea Flower Show
Although the Chelsea Flower Show is traditionally the beginning of the Social Season—for some—with its obligatory "will it, won't it" weather, there are plenty of people who go there for the plants...
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10 Easy Pieces: Portable Grills
Spontaneous clambakes. Fire escape kabobs. Picnic pitas, toasted over coals. Need I go on? As summer looms, we're preparing for any char-grilled flavor opportunity. (Did we mention roasted...
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Exploded Flowers by Qi Wei Fong
We tend to look at flowers as a whole, as polite singular blooms or quietly lovely clusters on a bush. But photographer Qi Wei Fong is interested in the individual components of each flower, which he...
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The World's Sexiest Hardscape Building Component (Seriously)
The Planter Brick may be the sexiest hardscape building component we've ever seen. Designed by Real San Fratello Architects, the Planter Brick can be installed in vertical masonry walls as a single...
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Starting from Seed: Adventures in Tiny Apartment Gardening
Until recently, my relationship to plants has been mostly one-sided. I enjoyed plants, I benefitted from them, I admired and ogled them, but I didn’t grow them. Instead of a healthy balance of give and...
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Gold Medals Awarded at the Chelsea Flower Show
Yesterday was medals day at the Chelsea Flower Show. There were 10 gold medals out of 15 main show gardens, a "staggeringly high" amount according to garden critic Tim Richardson. One garden that does...
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10 Easy Pieces: Stepping Stones, Pavers, and Pebbles
OK, the word "hardscaping" is not our favorite either. But a good garden path? That's poetry, that smooth solid feel of stone or the satisfying crunch of gravel beneath your feet. Without a garden...
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DIY: The World's Prettiest Patio
You have pulled off the plastic covers and dragged the old patio furniture out to the patio. You have eyed it dubiously. You have tried the hose. As Memorial Day approaches, more drastic measures are...
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Contest Winner: Moravian Star Pendant from Pottery Barn
Gardenista reader Sydda Jean is the winner of a Moravian Star Pendant from Pottery Barn, the prize in our Kick Off Summer Contest. Sydda Jean wrote, "I live in a 400-square-foot house that is amazing...
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San Cristobal Stables by Luis Barragán
When I was introduced to the work of Mexican architect Luis Barragán, I couldn’t understand why anyone would think of modern architecture as a cold discipline. Looking back on my architecture training,...
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Chelsea's Great Pavilion and What Goes on Within
For many visitors to this week's 100th Chelsea Flower Show—during member days at least—the Great Pavilion is the main event. The Show Gardens might as well be called Show Business and are a mere...
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A Disappearing Act: The Sigma Focus Wall-Mounted Barbecue
While I love food cooked on the barbecue, I have to confess that I'm not a fan of giant industrial strength barbecues. For one, they hog too much real estate. And, my patio is too small to house its...
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DIY: Alliums, Three Ways
Brightly colored and shaped like something from another planet, these cousins to chives and garlic and onions are cropping up in gardens throughout New York at this time of year. But more than being...
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Design Sleuth: The Red Bench
We spotted this red bench in the gift shop at Stockholm's Rosendals Trädgård via Elle Interior, but it would be equally at home in your garden (or ours), especially in a shady spot that could use a...
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Show Us Your Garden for a Chance to Win a Casamidy Lantern
When we were dreaming up prizes for our very first Gardenista Considered Design Awards, we thought immediately of the Symi lantern from Casamidy. Why? Its shape is vaguely houselike (it even has a...
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The Latest Trends in English Gardening, Brought to You from the Chelsea...
The parks of London are waist deep in cow parsley right now. Swathes of long grass and wildflowers, where once there was only very short turf, reflect a wider trend. It is no surprise to find the...
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Announcing the Gardenista Considered Design Awards
We'll be handing out awards in five categories (see below) in our first annual Gardenista Considered Design Awards contest. The competition is open to anyone with an indoor or outdoor garden, and...
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Steal This Look: A Backyard Barbecue for Memorial Day Weekend
How do you celebrate Memorial Day? This weekend, we'll invite friends over, break out the grill for the season's inaugural backyard barbecue, and serve plenty of chilled lemonade (and white wine). To...
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A Trip on the Wild Side: Anahuac Wildlife Refuge in Texas
To the casual tourist arriving at the visitors' center of the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge east of Houston, Texas on Galveston Bay, everything seems quite serene and natural. You might notice that...
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A Glass Decanter for Outdoor Parties
Spotted at Terrain, this stoppered glass jug exudes a certain sturdy elegance; we're not a bit afraid it won't survive a picnic. Above: A Lost River Decanter has a cork stopper and holds 25.4 ounces...
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