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For Kids Only: A Hidden Garden in Brooklyn
Children who grow up in New York City are often deprived of time in the natural world. But just off the traffic-jammed hubbub of Flatbush Avenue, hidden inside the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a...
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Kids' Garden Tools from Burgon & Ball
There should be a "lovable quality about the actual tools" you use in the garden, Gertrude Jekyll believed, and it's a rule that also should apply to child-sized equipment. A tool that feels good in...
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DIY: Egg Gardening
Even the most reluctant gardener (like me) could be persuaded to have a go at some easily accessible, bio-degradable egg gardening. The most appealing aspect to me? Tiny gardening means tiny mess. A...
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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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The Ultimate Swing, Made from Reclaimed Wood
Spotted on Terrain, a new way to recycle old floor joists is to make them fly: Above: A slab of pinewood, liberated from its previous life as a floorboard support in a 19th century house, serves as a...
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From Cupcakes and Cashmere to Backyard Bouquets
Not long after florist Gayle Nicoletti designed the wedding flowers for Cupcakes and Cashmere's Emily Schuman last spring, she held a workshop that focused on a more informal theme: how to make...
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House Numbers from Heath
Currently available in three colors from Heath Ceramics: midcentury-inspired house numbers, a collaborative effort with typeface designers House Industries. Photographs via House Industries. Above: A...
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The Best Play Structure Ever
A genius plan for some fallen trees: a play structure in Marin, designed by a legendary woodsman. Jim Rosenfield of Marin Country Mart was taken with the wooden play structure at the Princess Diana...
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Editors' Picks: I Scream for It, Insect Apologist, and Other Links We Love
The ultimate luxury item in the 17th century: ice. A loving history of ice cream, via Food52. The bug and I, via A Way to Garden. Reese Witherspoon, two hula hoops, and an Ojai garden, via Elle Decor....
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Grow an Entire Orchard on One Tree
There are 2,500 varieties of apple trees in the US but, sadly, most of us don't have room to grow that many. If you have space to plant even one tree, though, you can harvest several varieties of...
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Calling All Botanists: Herbarium Collection Box
We were thrilled to learn the other day that couture stationer Russell+Hazel is venturing beyond office organizers—to head into the garden. While sleuthing at the International Gift Fair in New York,...
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Save the Peonies
Last winter, bulb grower Scott Kunst of Old House Gardens sent out an appeal to customers to help him rescue endangered heirloom peonies: "When I first started collecting heirloom plants in the 1970s,...
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Design Sleuth: Glass Wall Vase by Sarah Winward
An answer to the perennial question of what to hang over the bed (and for city dwellers, how to integrate a bit of nature into urban life): a wall-hung vase with a few branches of whatever is growing...
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Editors' Picks: Still Summer, 5 Perfect Things, and Other Links We Love
Letting nature do the heavy lifting: last days of summer, via Clyde Oak. Five things that made her week (and ours too -- thanks for sharing, Erin), via Reading My Tea Leaves. A walk on the Bankside,...
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DIY: Rock Weights for a Sun Shade
Spotted in our post on the Japanese mountain cafe Nap, a patio with a sun shade anchored by rocks. Owner Makoto Kawai collected stones from a nearby river to secure the sun shade above the cafe's...
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A White Mailbox That's Green
Here's a clever idea to add a bit of low-maintenance green to a front entrance: the Green Mailbox, a mail collector and plant caretaker in one. Above: A product concept designed by Marcial Ashayane...
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Michelle's Garden Rehab: Creating a Mood Board
The contractors left my yard looking as bleak and barren as Black Rock City the week after Burning Man. As a result, a month after moving into my remodeled house in Northern California, I'm embarking...
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Garden Style Inspired by Japanese Workmen
These Japanese nagagutsu daichi (earth boots) are known for their tactile contact with the ground and properties of heightened dexterity; they also bear an element of quirky style (think Maison Martin...
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A View from the Top: Tree Walks
If only we could be Mary Poppins for one afternoon—we'd soar over people's gardens, make way through the trees, maybe even befriend a few birds. It turns out we can—well, at least the part about...
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DIY Window Pane Vegetable Garden
So, your only outdoor space is a window. French designers Barreau & Charbonnet don't want that to limit your gardening potential. Experimenters in small urban gardening, Barreau & Charbonnet...
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