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Portable Garden Furniture for a Tiny Balcony
Problem: A balcony with hardly enough room to stand, let alone squeeze a table or chair. Solution: A portable table designed to balance on the edge of the balcony railing. Torafu Architects in Japan...
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Gardening 101: How to Draw a Garden Plan
Have you already forgotten where you planted those tulip bulbs last week? And how exactly are you planning to locate that clump of wilted foxglove you cut back (without accidentally digging it up)?...
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The Shade Gardener's Challenge: Impatiens Blight
As word spread last summer about a mysterious disease that was wiping out impatiens, I often thought of my former neighbors in the leafy enclave of Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, New York. When I lived...
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5 Favorites: Modern Pavers
Spotted in Oregon at the Portland Japanese Garden, a staircase of simple pavers that reminded us how much we like a path that incorporates such natural elements as gravel, stones, or moss. We've...
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Tara Getting Married: DIY Wedding Flowers
Here's a dilemma. Imagine you are a New York City horticulturalist specializing in garden and floral design, and you are getting married on May 3, 2014. Not only are you getting married, but your...
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Gift Guide: For the Houseplant Enthusiast
What to get for the houseplant lover this season? Here's our roundup of glamorous gifts to treat the indoor gardener. Above: Here's an indoor watering can that doesn't need to be hidden. The beautiful...
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Steal This Look: An Easy and Elegant Thanksgiving Tabletop from the Garden
Had we been passengers on the Mayflower, you can bet we would not have been the Pilgrims assigned to make the Thanksgiving succotash. We would have been foraging in the woods for seasonal floral...
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Raise High the Roof Beam: A Steel Garden Pergola
Made in Michigan and meant to last a lifetime: a steel lattice pergola from Branch Studio that adds architectural interest to the garden. Based on the design of an antique French garden piece, the...
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Design Sleuth: Town Garden in Stoke Newington, London
When we spotted this garden in London's Stoke Newington, there was something reassuringly workable about it. As a design brief, it could be a template for the way we live now: small town garden with...
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A River of Stone at Tiger Glen Garden
When the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY built a new wing, architect Pei Cobb Freed & Partners was hired to expand on the classic I.M. Pei design from 1973. A...
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Gardenista Giveaway: Leather Handled French Pruners and Last-a-Lifetime Loppers
We think every gardener should experience the joy of owning—and taking care of—good tools. And by "good," we mean last-a-lifetime tools. The folks at Garrett Wade, sellers of fine tools since 1975,...
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A Concrete Bench With a Side of Greenery
Tao Concrete is a design and fabrication shop based in Tempe, Arizona. The company's concrete and wood planter bench recently caught our eye, and now we're thinking that every piece of furniture should...
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10 Easy Pieces: Freestanding Wood Stoves
Not your grandmother's wood stove. A new generation of wood stoves offers high fuel efficiency, high combustion temperatures, and lower emissions to be environmentally responsible powerful heaters for...
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DIY Outdoor Planter: Rich Fall Hues
I was born in New York, and when we moved to almost-always-warm California during my childhood, one of the things I missed most was fall, and all the sensory delights that I associated with living in a...
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10 Easy Pieces: Wardian Cases
A precursor to the terrarium, Wardian cases were invented in the mid-1800s to transport rare plant specimens. Today, they are useful for protecting your prized plants. Here's a roundup of our...
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A Painter's Legacy: Madoo Garden Lives On
Earlier this fall on September 14 the garden community lost one of its enthusiastic members, Robert W. Dash, a poet of the New York School, a painter of the Long Island School, and the creator of a...
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The Unhouseplant
Ten years ago, designer Brandon Gore had a hankering to create things from concrete, funded by "a few years' worth of savings and a bunch of credit cards." Fast forward to 2013, when Tempe, AZ-based...
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Garden Visit: Andrea Cochran's Courtyard Vignettes
In Northern California, a modern house with multiple courtyards affords green views year-round. To take advantage of the full-height, pane-free windows, SF-based landscape architect Andrea Cochran...
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Yes We Can! Bringing Back Grandma's Violets
"Where do you keep your African violets?" It wasn't a funny question, but the man behind the counter at the flower shop laughed. When he realized I was serious, he looked at me quizzically, as if my...
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A Winter-Weight Woven Hanging Planter
"Isn't it difficult to live with a hanging plant?" Julie asked me the other day. Depends on the planter, I said. For example, if I were a plant, I'd want a woven or knit—or yes, macramé—pot holder just...
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