We're taking up a collection to buy Reneé Zellweger's Connecticut farmhouse (comes with party barn), and we only need $1.6 million. Everybody send in a dollar:
Above: Photograph courtesy of The Neo Traditionalist.
Here are more things we're obsessed with lately:
- Move over, cork. The latest eco-friendly material is the humble loofah.
- A must visit: London's Royal Botanical Garden in Autumn.
- Above: Next week we're painting with autumn colors (perhaps you heard that orange is the new black?). Starting with this Kobocha Squash and Ginger soup. Photograph by Lindsey Love.
- A beginner's guide to at-home canning and preserving.
- Add these 10 tips to your October gardening calendar.
- Above: In a suburb of north Philadelphia, a lush rain garden—with more than 50 species of plants—has us envious here in drought-afflicted California. Photograph by Rob Cardillo.
- Weekend read: Places Journal, the magazine for the thinking landscaper, has unveiled a gorgeous new redesign.
- San Francisco, get your flower crowns ready in time for the Treasure Island Music Festival.
- Above: Aspiring floral designers, take note. Photograph by Chelsea Fuss.
- The perfect fall flower and its six varietals.
- Learn the art of sauce making at Brooklyn Brainery, October 19 from 11 am to 12:30 pm.
Instagram and Pinterest Pick of the Week:
- We're ogling Botany Shope's Instagram feed (@botanyshope5) and Green Board on Pinterest.
- Have you heard? The Remodelista & Gardenista Markets are coming to London (November 15), Los Angeles (December 6), and San Francisco (December 13). Meet us there?
For more from this week on Gardenista, take a look at our DIY Mudroom issue and head over to Remodelista to peek a week of DIY Bathrooms.
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