Table of Contents: White Gardens
One of our favorite color palettes for a landscape is white on white. With a dash of white. You might be surprised by how many shades of pale there are (and by how lovely they look by moonlight). Join...
View ArticleLandscape Architect Visit: "Sex in the City" Meets Edith Wharton in Manhattan
Not everyone loved the the mid-19th century architectural fashion that introduced to Manhattan genteel rows of brownstones whose "uniform hue coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce," as the...
View ArticleDIY Recipe: Rosemary Shortbread
I met Blue Bottle Coffee pastry chef Caitlin Freeman when the founder of the wildly successful Miette bakery and sweets shop in San Francisco came to Heath Ceramics to sign her book, The Blue Bottle...
View Article11 Ideas to Steal for a Moonlight Garden
When archeologists stumbled recently upon the ruins of a lost garden at the Taj Mahal, where night-blooming white flowers filled the air with perfume in the 17th century, the evidence helped solve a...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: White Outdoor Dining Tables
For the last four years I’ve been fixated on a photograph of a bare courtyard with a single, white-painted beer garden table and two potted plants. Even in my color-obsessed phases (last month was all...
View ArticleDavid Stark, Event Designer and 2015 Design Awards Judge
We're delighted to share the news that the second of our guest judges in the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards is David Stark—designer, author, artist, and event planner extraordinaire. Above:...
View ArticleSneak Peek: A New Issue of Garden Design Magazine
When we got a sneak peek at the new summer issue of Garden Design, we were thrilled to see page after page of glossy photos of a grand Delaware garden that legendary landscape architect Kiley designed...
View ArticleExpert Advice: 10 White Garden Ideas from Petersham Nurseries
A white garden need not be wan and pale. Thomas Broom, horticultural manager of Petersham Nurseries in London, shows us that in editing color, your garden will have a stronger sense of shape and...
View ArticleShades of Pale: 10 Favorite Patio Pots and Planters
This summer, we're choosing a classic, unobtrusive color—that would be white, or perhaps the palest of grays—for patio pots and planters. If you use a monochromatic color scheme, you can mix and match...
View ArticleTop Picks from the Gardenista Market at GROW London
Our favorite UK-based floral artists, craftspeople, shop creators, and innovative publishers will be at GROW London Thursday till Sunday, conveniently concentrated in the Gardenista Market hosted by...
View ArticleBefore and After: Expat Gillian Carson's English Garden in Portland, Oregon
When we moved our family of four from Bath, England to Portland, Oregon in 2012 little did we know that we would spend the next three years transforming a disused rose garden into an English kitchen...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Bleuet Coquelicot in Paris
It’s hard to miss Bleuet Coquelicot: Plants and flowers of all colors spill onto the sidewalk from a tiny storefront on a busy street in Paris's Canal St. Martin neighborhood. Most customers are...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Architects' White Exterior Paint Picks
At the risk of stating the obvious, it's hard to find the best paint color for your house's exterior. White is a classic, but choose the wrong shade and you'll end up with a very expensive mistake. We...
View ArticleGarden Visit: Lady Cholmeley's Modern White Landscape in Lincolnshire
The classic English white garden is a romantic, old-world affair. We are reluctant to leave it behind. Yet Ursula Cholmeley, on creating one of her own at Easton Walled Garden in Lincolnshire, has...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: City Summer
The Remodelista editors are celebrating urban living indoors and out this week, finding beauty in dying daylilies, gritty glamor in a new Seattle hotel, and an urban-rustic vibe in the Kitchen of the...
View ArticleAwards Submissions Due Monday! (Plus, an Insider Tip)
If you haven't uploaded your entry to the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards, there's still time—but you only have three more days to submit your project! Entries are due on Monday, June 22 by...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Bound for the Outdoors
Here's a look at our recent obsessions: Above: We love this Brooklyn terrace submitted to the 2015 Gardenista Considered Design Awards. There's still time to enter the contest—but hurry—submissions...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Vacation House
Roses on the arbor. Strawberries in the garden. Live like you have a summer house (without going anywhere). This week we've got tips for how to make staying home feel like a vacation: Above: Justine...
View ArticleFrom Sweden with Love: A Romantic Captain's Seaside Villa
Real estate moment: We recently spotted for sale a renovated white clapboard captain's villa and boathouse on the harbor in Fjällbacka, a remote resort town on the western edge of Sweden known for its...
View Article10 for 10: Best Garden Picks on Etsy's Tenth Anniversary
When three college friends created online crafts marketplace Etsy in 2005, their inspiration was Grandma's clutter. "When I was a kid, one compensation for visiting my grandmother in Buffalo after an...
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