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Required Reading: The Plant Recipe Book
Baylor Chapman is a master at creating living plant arrangements. She professes that mini-container gardens rival cut arrangements not only in beauty, but also in their longevity and ability to be...
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Architects' Roundup: 10 Landscapes Designed Around a Single Tree
We love when a single, giant tree takes center stage in a landscape. Such trees often predate the houses they accompany, lending them a sense of history and drama. Here, ten trees given pride of place,...
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Urban Gardener: Is It OK to Reuse Potting Soil?
Last weekend I wrested my window box from its perch and brought it into the apartment for a spring-inspired overhaul. My seedlings are progressing heroically, but it will be weeks before they'll be...
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10 Easy Pieces: Square Wooden Garden Planters
Free of fuss and filagree, square wooden planter boxes are infinitely versatile. Not only are they adaptable to a variety of spaces, the selection of wood is a great compliment to any planting. The...
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Required Reading: The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers by Livia Cetti
Livia Cetti, a California girl at heart, has been playing with cut flowers for as long as she can remember. Her mother was a great enabler, tossing her a bundle of flowers when she was around 8 years...
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Hardscaping 101: Decomposed Granite
With a remodel and a garden design project underway, I've been researching how to simplify garden maintenance and cut back on water usage. And I keep hearing more and more about the advantages of...
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Required Reading: 5-Plant Gardens
Although we haven't put away our wooly socks and down coats here in the winter-weary Northeast, we comfort each other by commenting that spring is in the air and warmth and sun will surely follow soon....
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Garden Visit: A Green Palette at Christopher Bradley-Hole's Bury Court
Christopher Bradley-Hole made a stir last year with his Chelsea garden, mainly consisting of different heights of boxes. Was it cold, was it inspirational? Maybe we just needed more time to decide;...
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Outbuilding of the Week: The Ultimate Writers' Studio, Berkeley Edition
Is this the real test of a marriage? Can you work together in a 250-square-foot studio without committing homicide? "It's actually very pleasurable for both of us," says Ayelet Waldman, who shares the...
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Trend Alert: Black Pussy Willow
A few weeks ago my aunt emailed a grainy photo along with the following caption, "Black pussy willows! Have you ever seen these?" I had not. Intrigued, I went in search of this unlikely harbinger of...
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Trending on Remodelista: It's the Little Things
This week, the editors at Remodelista embraced the idea of Warm Minimalism. Our takeaway from their lineup? All you really need is good book, a warm cup of tea, a trusty companion, and a comfy place to...
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Current Obsessions: Spring Palette
A week of admiring pared down landscapes and gardens has us feeling inspired to live with less. We were wowed by this minimal landscape and learned how to plan a perennial garden palette with just 5...
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Gardening 101: How to Sprout a Seed
With the weather turning against us, we can launch a stealth attack on winter by sprouting seeds indoors (to get a start on next spring's edible garden). It's simpler than you may think. Photographs...
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Table of Contents: Pretty in Pastel
Why can't scientists figure out how to freeze frame spring? Jasmine, apple blossoms, the first climbing roses: every flower in my garden is currently trying decide whether it wants to be pink or white...
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Architect Visit: Barbara Chambers at Home in Mill Valley
You know that house with the beautiful garden you always walk past and admire (or, in my case, covet)? In my neighborhood, it belongs to architect Barbara Chambers, who had the future garden in mind...
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DIY: Hanging Easter Posies
In celebration of that time of year when one gets to indulge with abandon in bunnies, chicks, and all things "cute, pretty, and pastel," my children and I have been creating myriad Easter projects....
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Field Guide: Lily of the Valley
Lily of the Valley, Convallaria majalis: "The Sweet 'n Low" At her tallest, lily of the valley only grows to be 8 inches high, but don’t let her small stature fool you. It would be a shame to...
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Garden Visit: Dan Pearson's Old Rectory
Of all the old rectories and vicarages in the Cotswolds, the one with the garden by Dan Pearson is the standout. There is still scope for proper tea on the lawn, but Pearson has achieved a more relaxed...
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Steal This Look: Outfitting a Writer's Shed
I've been daydreaming about this Weston Surman & Deane writer's shed since I first wrote about it last month. And though it might be awhile before I'm able to commission one of the same for my own...
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Supermarket Tulips Transformed: A Ten Dollar Bouquet
There are benefits to supermarket flowers, the first being that they make grocery shopping feel less onerous and the second being that they're on the affordable end of the price spectrum. At $8 a...
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