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Picnic Basket as Backpack
If you carry everyone's lunch to the beach in a backpack, that leaves everyone's hands hands free to tote other essentials (paperback thrillers, sunblock, coolers of icy drinks, floppy straw hats,...
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It's the Berries: 12 Things That Made Us Smile This Week
US readers: How are you feeling today? Looking forward to a late afternoon nap? Fireworks still ringing in your ears? Luckily, the weekend is here, which leaves us with one more question: Where are we...
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In the News: Top 5 Remodelista Posts of the Week
Last week Remodelista celebrated homegrown design in the US. Here are the top five posts: Janet wandered around in Chelsea, obsessing over two-arm sconces. Which one would you pick? These 10 black...
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10 Houses Made from Shipping Containers
Last weekend on an overcast Sunday, I locked myself indoors to watch episode after episode of Top of the Lake (think Twin Peaks set in New Zealand). In Jane Campion's compelling drama, a group of women...
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10 Tips for Floral Arrangements With Native Flowers, from Brooklyn Florist...
Native flowers that look plucky in the wild are prone to wilt if picked—and sulk droopily if shown a vase. So when I heard that Brooklyn florist Emily Thompson (whose clients include the White House)...
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Euphoric Over Euphorbia: 5 Perennials Every Garden Needs
Every now and then, during the course of the year, I like to take a sideways glance at my own garden, but also the gardens that I visit, walk past, lie in and drink wine, endure the rigors of the...
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Made in the USA: The Ultimate Gate Latch
Does anything make us happier in the garden than hearing the decisive click of a sturdy gate latch designed to last a lifetime? Above: Family-owned Sun Valley Bronze, based in Idaho, has been making...
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Farmers' Markets Across America: Portland, Oregon
By mid-July, farmer's markets across the United States are starting to look downright decadent. No longer limping along with only spring greens and radishes, at this moment farmers' stands are filling...
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Vote for the Best Urban Garden in the Gardenista Considered Design Awards
Follow the link below to vote for the Gardenista finalists in the Best Urban Garden category, designed by professionals. You can vote once a day in each category now through July 15. On the voting...
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Pedal Powered Petals: Same Day Flower Delivery in SF
David Bladow, married for six years, believes in the romantic gesture. The only reason he wasn't sending his wife flowers very often was "it was so hard—why do you have to think of it days and days...
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A Northern California Restaurant Where the Menu Depends on What's Growing...
On the side of the road in Sebastopol, CA, Peter Lowell's is a lively pillar of the local Sonoma County community. Founded by Lowell Sheldon in 2007, the restaurant features a hyper-seasonal menu, with...
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10 Woven String Bags for Groceries
The market tote's more compact sibling is the netted cotton grocery bag. While it seems to me that the bags had some popularity in the 1990s, lately we've been noticing a resurgence—and some modern...
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Farmers' Markets Across America: Manteo, North Carolina
This week, we sent photographers on a mission to capture the essence of their local farmers' markets in pictures. The Manteo, North Carolina farmers' market as captured by longtime summer visitor,...
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Vote for the Best Edible Garden in the Gardenista Considered Design Awards
Follow the link below to vote for the Gardenista finalists in the Best Edible Garden category, submitted by readers and design professionals. You can vote once a day in each category now through July...
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Taking 'Bread and Roses' Literally in Brooklyn
A hundred years ago when some women workers used the rallying cry “Bread and Roses” during a strike at textile mills in Massachusetts, they were demanding basic survival plus the right to have beauty...
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5 Favorites: Backyard Chicken Coops for Small Flocks
"Because I choose not to listen to you." That is how my 14-year-old daughter explained the fact that we were on the highway the other day, headed to Petaluma to acquire three baby chicks. Now that my...
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Colorful Woven Harvest Baskets from Barebones
Impervious to rain, dampness, and the occasional misdirected hose, a set of harvest baskets from Barebones (woven from durable sea grass) is welcome in our garden: Above: Individually woven from...
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A Kit to Turn Your Kitchen into a Goat Cheese Creamery
Tucked in the town of Elkmont in rural Alabama, Belle Chevre has been making French-style goat cheese for the past 20 years. The award-winning southern artisan goat cheese creamery shares secrets and...
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12 Tips for Growing Cutting Flowers from Barberry Hill Farm
Twenty years ago, when Kelly and Kingsley Goddard started farming together on the land that Kingsley's family had owned for generations, Kelly wanted to introduce cut flowers to the robust vegetable...
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The Races Are Tight with Only 5 Days Left to Vote
The countdown is on: There are only five days left to choose your favorites in the first annual Remodelista + Gardenista Considered Design Awards. Races are tight in many categories, so make your vote...
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