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DIY: Instant Wine Bar
Here's a clever idea we spotted at the Medlock Ames Winery in Healdsburg, CA: a picnic table as wine tasting bar. Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects (responsible for the outdoor area) started with...
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10 Easy Pieces: Cafe-Style Outdoor String Lights
I speak from experience when I say that if one of your jobs as a child was to follow your mother around the backyard, slowly unfurling garlands of glowing bulbs for her to wrap around the trunk of the...
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DIY Outdoor Planter: Tough Beauties That Won't Die, Even If You Forget to Water
Before August vanishes, it's time to get out of town. But what about the plants you're leaving behind? There's no need to worry if you've got succulents—they'll thrive at home alone even if you abandon...
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DIY: A Handmade Picnic Blanket from Fieldguided
If I possessed any sewing skills to speak of, the first thing I'd make is this dreamy striped picnic blanket by Anabela Piersol of Fieldguided. Above: Made from cotton-weight canvas purchased for just...
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Candles as Leafy Still-Life
You might think that it's as simple as a tea light and some verdant blooms, but upon closer inspection, you realize that Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvaer's Liquid Light is so much more. The...
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5 Favorites: Outdoor Bars, DIY Included
You know how it goes: Just as everyone in the household (from family members to guests) sits down with drinks in hand to watch the sunset, someone inevitably needs a touch-up, or some ice, or a twist...
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Direct from the Farm: an Easy Recipe for Squash Blossom Tempura
It seems that every time we turn around, there's another spectacular dinner popping up in a farm field somewhere. As far as we're concerned, this is a very good thing. Six years ago, Jonathan Rapp of...
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The Source: Where to Find the Next "It" Plants
Where do British garden designers get their ideas? From Derry Watkins, owner of Special Plants, near Bath, in southwest England. By only selling plants that she is "crazy about," Derry has a persuasive...
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Beyond the Barbeque: 10 Outdoor Kitchens
Spotted lately, fully equipped outdoor kitchens for plein air dining (no trips to the indoor fridge or sink required). Here are 10 standout examples. Above: LA design collective Commune created this...
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Indoor/Outdoor Living, Napa Style
I had admired my friend Renee's Napa Valley house from afar long before I got to know her. Hidden behind a wooden gate, the house itself was hard to see, but the low front fence and graveled outer...
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Under the Apple Tree: 10 Things to Consider Before Starting Your Weekend
There's nothing like the turn of the calendar page to remind us how short-lived this season can be. We spent the last week of July drinking elderflower cordial and eating in a greenhouse. Here's hoping...
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In the News: The Top 5 Posts of the Week
Had enough of warm nights, sparkling lights, and fresh summer produce? We didn't think so. This week was all about summertime entertaining and the only thing we want to do this weekend is host a...
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The Summeriest Restaurant in New York?
Matt Lambert, an Auckland native, and designers Alexander Evangelou and James Waterworth of London-based Alexander Waterworth Interiors are behind the newly opened Musket Room in Nolita, possibly the...
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The Ultimate Urban Oasis, in the Middle of Antwerp
We've long admired the work of the talented team of Megali Elali (writer) and Bart Kiggen (photographer), whose blog Coffeeklatch delights us with its intimate portraits of everyday life in Belgium....
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An Artist's Avocado Project in Belgium
Hermine van Dijck, a textile artist whose studio is a mix of indoor plants and tangled thread, sprouts avocado pits and nurtures them as house plants until they're large enough to transplant in her...
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Orange is the New Green: A Prison Garden on Rikers Island
In the most recent issue of Edible Manhattan, writer Carrington Morris and photographer Lindsay Morris take readers on a trip to an island in New York's East River, not far from LaGuardia Airport. Home...
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Fire Escape-Worthy Mobile Planters by Bacsac
On a recent spring afternoon in London, Julie and I stopped in at Twentytwentyone to view the design offerings; what caught our eye, though was the outdoor garden featuring Bacsac mobile garden...
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Required Reading: Central Park, An Anthology
On any given day, it will take less than three hours to walk the perimeter of New York's 843-acre Central Park, as I did on a recent Sunday. To see it all, however, will take a lifetime. Among the...
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Piet Oudolf: The Genius Behind the High Line
One way to get a glimpse of Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf's romantic view of ruin? Join the Disney-size crowds who are shuffling along the elevated length of Manhattan's High Line Park, where tall...
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Your Handpicked Flowers and a Sweepstakes Winner
A few weeks ago when we launched our very first Instagram hashtag, we didn't know exactly how it would turn out. But we weren't at all surprised to see so many talented gardenistas turn out photos of...
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