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Design Sleuth: Colored Candlelight From a Moroccan Lantern
My friend Dawn loves shiny things. She is like a crow, unable to resist the lure of rhinestones on your wrist. She will follow you anywhere if you are wearing glittery earrings. Dawn has a mesmerizing...
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Kids Boots for Tromping Around the Garden
Involving the kids in a garden project first requires the appropriate outfitting. Here are four kid-sized wellingtons to withstand the dirt and the bugs and the mud. Above: Aurélie Lécuyer's children...
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Sneak Preview: Gardenista Considered Design Awards Entries
The entries are streaming in to the Gardenista Considered Design Awards, so we thought we'd give you a sneak peek of some of the submissions so far (and don't forget to send us your own favorite space...
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The Bronx Goes Native: A Visit to the New York Botanic Garden
If you have any doubts that the horticulture world is besotted with native plants, just have a look at what is going on in New York City’s two major botanic gardens. In early May the New York Botanic...
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Western Red Cedar Garden Stakes
I'm really trying hard to become an expert plant-identifier. But until that day comes, I could use the help of gentle reminders. These garden stakes would make the perfect addition to my new tiny herb...
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A Playhouse That's Kid Friendly Without Kitsch
Imagine a thoroughly modern playhouse full of kid-friendly features and free of kitsch. San Francisco-based Modern Cabana (recently acquired by Blu Homes) offers a prefab modern shed in miniature: the...
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Mini Tabletop Candle Lanterns
Tabletop candles should be low and discreet; we're partial to the warm glow from these porcelain votives discovered via Herriott Grace: Above: One of a kind, hand-shaped oval Porcelain Table Lanterns...
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Ideas from the Chelsea Flower Show to Use At Home
Last week, I spent a splendid few days at Chelsea Flower Show, the annual horticulture extravaganza, which this year was a ginormous 100 years old. What a grand old lady she is. And to celebrate, it...
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How to Make the Most of Your Urban Garden (Hint: Use the Roof Too)
Sometimes Brooklyn-based landscape designers Marni and Eric Majorelle of Alive Structures have to be salespeople for native plants, to convince reluctant clients that native species will be just as...
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DIY: Instant Children's Teepee, Summer Edition
Last summer, I spotted a great looking teepee in the neighborhood that seemed like a perfectly doable DIY. I was compelled to investigate. Greg Pitt had made it for his two young children, as the...
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Meadow Muddle: My Laissez-Faire Approach to Arranging Wildflowers
When it comes to arranging flowers, I admit that I'm most fond of the non-arrangement—that certain brand of bouquet that's more mess than meticulous. This week is going to be all about Paris, and we're...
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Squirrel Vs. Garden: Why I Made Mint Sauce
I was out in the garden the other afternoon with my friend Stacey, who had come over with a wheelie suitcase full of torture implements—actually, she calls this stuff "exercise equipment" to try to...
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Design Sleuth: A Planter with Pedigree
Strolling the gardens at Versailles or the Tuileries in Paris, one can't help but notice that many of the trees aren't rooted in the ground. The planter boxes steal the show. Beautifully designed,...
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A Walk Through One of Paris' Last Flower (and Bird) Markets
Once you've tired of Notre Dame's gothic exaggeration, head around the corner, still on Île de la Cité in Paris' 4th arrondissement, for the Marché aux Fleurs. The flower market is open daily, but they...
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Bearded or Stinking: How Do You Prefer Your Irises?
Iris—or "rainbow" if you speak Ancient Greek—is hugely varied, not only in color. It grows in the desert, it grows in a pond. It prefers sun, it prefers shade. It won't tolerate competition, it's a...
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'Of What Use Is the Tuileries to Us?' Well, Since You Asked...
"One evening in Paris, we walked over to the Louvre grounds hoping to walk through the Tuileries Garden at dusk," reports Manhattan-based photographer Alice Gao. "Unfortunately it was just closing, and...
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10 Easy Pieces: French Market Totes
This weekend there were strawberries, asparagus, and wide-open peonies at the farmers' market. While I stuffed my goodies unceremoniously into a backpack, I couldn't help but wish I had a beautiful...
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Modern Pot Pourri: How to Dry Your Own Scented Herbs
The French have been stirring up batches of wilted herbs and moldy flower petals to make air fresheners for 500 years. We're ready to try a more modern take on pot pourri, thanks to blogger Karen...
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A Balcony-Style Planter for Indoors from MAKR
I've had my eye on this plant ring from MAKR for what feels like years. It's simple and classic but still a little bit unusual. I'm not sure what the policy is on drilling into the wall, but I'm...
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Odorantes: A Chic Parisian Florist Where the Flowers Are Arranged by Scent
It's no wonder this discreet little florist in Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a favorite of Sofia Coppola. Walk inside the doorway, and prepare to be engulfed by a cloud storm of Paris' prettiest cut...
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