Gardening 101: Get to Know Native Irises
“Irises were my first love,” says horticulturalist Kelly D. Norris, the garden author and designer known for his “new naturalism” garden style. He started out managing his family’s iris farm and...
View ArticleAsk the Experts: The NYC Biodiversity Task Force on 5 Ways to Help Support...
This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. “New York City has a...
View ArticleMy Autumn Chores: Finding Balance Between Nature and Order
With its beautiful light, artfully fading flowers, and subtle shifts in color as the leaves turn, autumn is a magical time of the year. It’s a season for slowing down, and appreciating this golden...
View Article10 Ideas to Borrow From Japanese-Inspired Gardens
It’s no coincidence if Japanese gardens remind you of those scene-in-a-shoebox dioramas you made in grade school. A Japanese garden is a miniature world full of abstract shapes–rocks, gravel, and...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: In Praise of the Plain
Basic. Plain. Austere. These adjectives may not jump off the page and titillate, but when used to describe interiors, we are completely captivated. From Remodelista this week, a few simple but chic...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Emily Thompson
If Wednesday Addams were a floral designer, her arrangements would look like Emily Thompson’s: dripping, clambering, creeping, amorphous, and alive despite being very much dead. We’ve covered Emily’s...
View ArticleTepache: An Easy, Fizzy Probiotic Drink to Make at Home
When my husband developed a daily tepache habit, it was only a matter of time before I became intrigued. And then alarmed. Tepache is a fermented drink with a pineapple base, and has deep roots in...
View ArticleRequired Reading: ‘The Food Forward Garden,’ A Manual on How to Have Your...
Flipping through The Food Forward Garden, the first thing you notice isn’t the fruits and vegetables—and that’s intentional. Landscape designer Christian Douglas has been creating backyard kitchen...
View ArticleAsk the Experts: The Best Bulbs to Naturalize in Spring
The new book A Year in Bloom has a great premise: Ask some of the world’s top garden people to talk about their favorite bulbs, thus solving one of gardeners’ biggest dilemmas—which of the many, many...
View ArticleA Secret Garden—and Glass Extension—in London’s Tufnell Park
We’ve long admired the work of New York architects Messana O’Rorke. When we inquired about the glass wall extension and surrounding landscaping of their impressive project in London’s Tufnell Park, we...
View ArticleTea Time: 8 Beginner-Friendly Medicinal Plants to Grow In Your Garden
Truthfully, I drink no less than five cups of tea a day. I rotate between different blends, depending on the season and my health needs. So when I learned that my favorite organic tea company,...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: City-Slick Kitchens
There’s nothing suburban (or pedestrian) about this latest batch of kitchens from Remodelista this week. Have a peek. Plus: Kitchen of the Week: An Indoor/Outdoor Space for a Pair of Naturalists in...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Butter Wakefield
Let us count the many reasons we love Butter Wakefield, the Maryland-born, London-based garden designer who has won numerous prestigious awards for her exuberant projects (twice at the Chelsea Flower...
View ArticleMugwort Chips: Crisp, Savory, and Seasonal
In the waning days of fall, a weed that happens to be a wild herb is still growing with enough vigor to defy the season. Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) is a perennial that is usually leggy and...
View ArticleFall Gardening: 15 Ideas For What to Do With All Those Leaves
Many gardeners may be sick of hearing the advice to “leave the leaves.” We know it’s a good idea, but to be honest? It can be hard to figure out how. Clearly, many people don’t know what to do with all...
View ArticleBrooklyn Backyard Visit: A Fruitful Collab Between an Architect and Landscape...
A half a dozen Cor-ten steel planters filled with naturalistic plantings on Brooklyn’s Court Street inspired a homeowner to track down their creator, Verru Design, to work on her townhouse’s backyard....
View Article5 Favorites: Dark and Spooky Houseplants for Halloween and Beyond
In honor of Halloween: houseplants that show off twisty tendrils, scary leaves, and macabre colors that can lend your home a moody ambiance. Here are five favorites that celebrate the dark side....
View ArticleThe 4 Ps: What to Do in the Garden in November
Happy November! True, most tender annuals are done by now, and some tender perennials are showing signs of cold damage. But even if the more joyful aspects of gardening are past, there is still work to...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Keeping Calm
PSA: Layabouts and sleep enthusiasts, rejoice! It’s time to turn back the clocks (we officially return to Standard Time at 2 AM). In honor of that extra hour of sleep we’re gaining, here are some cozy...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Corwin Green and Damon Arrington
In this week’s installment of Quick Takes, we present a pair of Brooklyn academics with a flair for garden design, Corwin Green and Damon Arrington, partners in life and business. Corwin teaches...
View ArticleBulb Season: 14 Reasons to Plant Alliums Now
We’re heading into late autumn, and that means peak bulb-planting time. As long as the soil is not frozen, you can plant for next spring and summer. Alliums are one of the most rewarding, and least...
View ArticleElection Day: V Is for Voting
It’s Election Day, and we’re pausing our regularly scheduled programming to go to the polls. Please join us: You can find your polling location and hours (or check on the status of your ballot) at...
View ArticleSpotlight on Staten Island: Wildlife Replaces Landfill at Fresh Kills Park
Unless you’re from Staten Island, chances are you’ve never been to the borough, except to take the ferry there to see the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, only to turn around again. Even its...
View ArticleGardening 101: Saffron Crocus
If you do a search for the top ten most expensive spices, you’ll find a varied list. However there is one spice that is always at the top of that list: saffron. Saffron spice is made by collecting the...
View ArticleBefore & After: A Modern Courtyard Garden for a Historic Home
For their historic home in the enclave of Clifton in Bristol, UK, an energetic couple wanted an informal, biodiverse, and sustainable landscape where their grandchildren and dogs could romp. They...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Mindful Design
The hilarious TED Talk entitled “I hate McMansions—and you should too” is from 2016, but it’s been making the social media rounds recently. Remodelista this week has three alluring antidotes to poorly...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: James A. Lord and Roderick Wyllie
If you live in the Bay Area or have visited sometime in the last two decades, you’ve likely encountered at least one of the many memorable outdoor spaces designed by Surfacedesign Inc, the San...
View ArticleJewelweed: An Annual to Lure Hummingbirds
If hope really is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson), then we might be thinking more than usual about taking care of our winged friends, the birds. Some of the tiniest feathers belong to...
View ArticleRequired Reading: A New Book Spotlights Black Trailblazers in the Floral...
Teri Speight has made gardening her life’s work—first as a gardener and now as a florist and garden writer. “I have always been investigating African-Americans in horticulture,” says Speight. “And I...
View ArticleSonora: Durable Furnishings for the Outdoor Living Room
Creating an outdoor space that’s not only beautiful but also livable and durable can feel daunting. Each garden and climate is different; if you live in a windy area, for example, you’ll want to think...
View ArticleGarden Visit: Tom and Sue Stuart-Smith’s Serge Hill Project Is a Family Affair
The Serge Hill Project for Gardening, Creativity and Health is very much a family affair. The not-for-profit enterprise that opened in June 2024, just north of London’s thundering ring road, the M25,...
View ArticleAsk the Expert: Longue Vue’s Simeon Benjamin on How to Control Pests and...
This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. It can get hot in New...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Modern Bird Feeders
On our November to-do list: add a simple and stylish bird feeder to our garden to help our little winged friends get through the winter. Here are 10 modern designs we have our eye on. See also: 10 Easy...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Exhale
We wanted moments of beauty and peace this week—and we found it over on Remodelista. Rest your eyes on these calming and orderly scenes. Plus: Gem Home: Wunderkind Chef Flynn McGarry’s New NYC Café,...
View ArticleQuick Takes With: Marie Viljoen
South African-born, Brooklyn-based writer Marie Viljoen is our resident weed queen, a professional forager who, in her words, “serves up portable, wild-inspired picnics to lure people into the wonder...
View ArticleNaancaccia: A Butter-Drenched, No-Knead Flatbread Singing with Field Garlic
Winter’s approach signals the demise of annual plants, and the beginning of a months-long slumber for most perennials. But there are exceptions. A recent walk in a crunchy-leafed forest in New York...
View ArticleThe Off-Season Garden: 6 Tips for a Beautiful Winter Landscape
We’re a month away from the winter solstice, but that’s no reason to ignore your garden. In his debut book, Plants for the Winter Garden, nurseryman and garden designer Warren Leach celebrates the...
View Article10 Things Nobody Tells You About Trendy Houseplants
Is there any home accessory trendier than a Monstera? Maybe a ZZ plant. Our collective obsession with houseplants has reached the point where many people would rather live without a sofa than indoor...
View ArticleGrow Anywhere: A Clever Kitchen Garden Kit for Beginners, Courtesy of Planted...
Planted Places, an online gardening supply store, sprung from the conviction that growing food at home, in small batches, is more nutritionally beneficial than purchasing from large grocery stores....
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