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Garden Visit: The Glow of Anglesey Abbey
For impact, a few winter trees and shrubs are the equivalent of a double border in summer. Winter gardens require more imagination than effort. A glowing group of stems, slowly stripped of leaves,...
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A Beautiful Mess: Effortless String Lights
There is no such thing as an ugly string of lights. Open the box, unfurl (or not), and let them drape themselves for once. Why should you do all the work? Above: Â A 20-foot length of Starry String...
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Baby, It's Cold Outside: Gifts for the Winter Gardener
Even those who seem impervious to the elements can use a little pampering. Here's our roundup of gifts to help protect, prepare, and insulate the all-weather gardener in your life.  Above: Anything...
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Tiny Trees: Window Boxes to Last All Winter
Sometimes I think it's really the hot cider that I like most at Christmas tree farms. But there's also the chance of thin gingerbread cookies being offered from inside a woodshed with an electric...
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Jewels by JAR, Inspired by the Garden
Joel A. Rosenthal, or JAR as he is known, has built a reputation over the the last 35 years in Paris as one of the world's most exclusive and innovative living jewelers. From now through March 9, the...
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Holiday Aphrodisiac: Why Mistletoe is Welcome at Parties
Mistletoe has a pagan mystique which has made it unwelcome in churches but popular at parties. Long considered an aphrodisiac (though the berries are toxic), the kissing bunch pre-dates by millennia...
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DIY: Snowballs for the Christmas Tree
Maybe your family's favorite holiday ritual involves grandma's fruitcake, or wacky stocking stuffers, or football on the lawn (what are you, Kennedys?). At my house, we make ornaments: every year since...
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The Perks of Being a Pale Blue Wallpaper
For months I anguished over how to pick the perfect wallpaper for a small guest bathroom with no windows. And guess what? I finally found it (well, actually, my friend Stephanie found it—she finds...
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DIY Patio Planter: Frosty Winter Whites
As someone who always seems to feel colder than everyone else, I'll never complain about sunny skies and daytime temps that are reliably in the high 50s. But with our relatively warm, snowless Bay Area...
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DIY: Botanical Wallpaper to Greet Holiday Guests
Gardenista's editor in chief Michelle has been obsessing over botanical wallpaper and trying to Pick the Perfect Wallpaper for a guest bathroom since March. (She even asked readers to weigh in on some...
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A Very Chartreuse Christmas in a Tiny Apartment
Holiday decorations take some some tweaking, especially when you're hankering for a change. This year, I started off by going big. I decided that I wasn't going to be wimp out and make a small wall...
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DIY: A 5 Ingredient Holiday Cocktail Party
'Tis the season for last minute shopping, frantic card writing, and launching headlong into ambitious holiday DIYs. Feeling like you'd rather hole up in your coziest pajamas and watch Love Actually on...
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Gift Guide: For the Armchair Gardener
Of course every gardener you know is going to spend the winter pruning shrubs, raking leaves, and sharpening tools. But this is also the season for curling up indoors and planning ahead for spring. Is...
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Rose Hip Wreaths From The Hedgerow
Wreath suppliers can be talked into selling just the basic spruce or—be prepared to fight—moss, wired on to a metal frame. With a circle of willow, anything can be added.  All the better to add what...
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DIY: Gilded Holiday Decor
Creating holiday greenery with foraged plants and a little gold paint is easy and fun. The true beauty of this project lies not only in the results, but in the fact that the outcome—depending on where...
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Christmas Tree in a Bottle?
I love the fresh smell of a Christmas tree as much as Amanda, but I have to admit that her mention of dousing a fake Christmas tree with a spritz of artificial Christmas tree fragrance didn't have me...
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An English Gardener in the Tropics: 7 Seashell Ornaments, 5 Painted Coconuts,...
The story so far: A few weeks ago, I upended everyone, took the children out of school, put the dog in a crate, packed up all our t-shirts, shorts, and swimmers, rented out my house, and rented another...
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Landscape Architect Visit: A Historic Farm, Ocean Views Included
On the coast of Rhode Island, 70-acre Goosewing Farm in Little Compton has been farmed for 200 years, bounded by three bodies of water: Quicksand Pond, Tunipus Pond, and the Atlantic Ocean. For Michael...
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Shopper's Diary: Liberty of London's Floral Fabrics
Liberty fabric is easy to spot. Dissecting this is less easy, but you know it when you see it. With colors that are joyous even when somber and designs that always sing, the quality of the weave is...
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Christmas Miracle: 5 Poinsettias That Aren't Tacky
Pity the poinsettia. After becoming the butt of so many jokes that the jokes themselves are the cliché, this hard-working holiday plant deserves better. Look at these pale beauties and then tell me you...
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