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The Bostonians: A Modern Agrarian Landscape in New England
When the owners of a working farm just outside of Boston wanted to build a new residence, they could think of no better location than a wooded hillside overlooking their own fields. The owners turned...
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A Movable Garden: Saying Goodbye to a Brooklyn Backyard
Our 1,000-square-foot backyard garden in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens is now in its third summer. But by the end of September we must move, and I must decide what plants come with us...
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10 Easy Pieces: Indoor/Outdoor Plastic Rugs from Sweden
The appeal of anything plastic is that you can keep it clean by hosing it down with water. The Swedes were onto this idea back in the 1970s when colorful plastic PVC ribbons were paired with...
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Gardening 101: Russian Sage
Russian Sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia Neither truly Russian nor a sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia holds its own when it comes to being a trustworthy, drought-tolerant shrub useful in a variety of...
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Best Professional Landscape 2018: Liz Pulver Design’s Room to Breathe in...
The winner of the 2018 Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Professional Landscape is Liz Pulver Design for her Room to Breathe in Brooklyn project. The project was chosen as a finalist by...
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13 Ideas to Steal from Maine’s Young DIY Farmers
Maine’s newest farmers are doing it all: When thirtysomethings Katee Lafleur and Andrew White found a 35-acre property on Maine Farm Link, it housed a rambling 1835 farmhouse in need of an update and...
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Gossamer Gardens: 11 Ideas for Landscaping with Mexican Feather Grass
Mexican feather grass looks like a hazy smudge of golden color in the distance, and who wouldn’t want that as a backdrop in the garden? Like other grasses in the Stipa genus, Mexican feather grass...
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Best Outdoor Living Space 2018: Kristin Barlowe-Clauer’s Garden Birdhouse for...
The winner of the 2018 Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Outdoor Living Space is Kristin Barlowe-Clauer for her Garden Birdhouse for Kids Big & Small project. The project was chosen as a...
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Trending on Remodelista: 5 Design Ideas to Steal from Maine
“I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else,” wrote E. B. White, with no further explanation necessary. This week the Remodelista editors found design inspiration along craggy...
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Current Obsessions: Snapshot of Summer
As you’re soaking up the last gasps of August this weekend, here are 10 things to know about, plus more goings-on. Above: Sunny daisies in a meadow, captured by Justine on a recent summer day. For more...
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Landscape Design: 10 Tips for Adding a Fire Pit, from Judy Kameon
Ever since caveman days (to use a technical term), people have gathered around fires for warmth, light, and companionship. Of course, fires and people have changed since then. Most homeowners who build...
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Wild Child: An Intoxicating English Garden at Tattenhall Hall
Almost all gardening involves controlling and choreographing nature, but many of us are letting our gardens grow wilder and more naturalistic. At Tattenhall Hall in Cheshire, a Jacobean manor house...
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Best Edible Garden 2018: Galleron Vegetable Garden by Lou Penning Landscapes
The winner of the 2018 Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Edible Garden is Galleron Vegetable Garden by Lou Penning Landscapes. The project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Erica Tanov,...
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Plant-Based Diet: Forage, Harvest, Feast Cookbook by Marie Viljoen
Put mugwort on the menu. (It’s certainly a better place for the invasive perennial weed than in the garden.) If you’re cooking, you can add it to a cocktail (in the form of mugwort liqueur), use it to...
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10 Easy Pieces: Teakwood Chaise Lounges
For an outdoor chaise with rustic charm, look no further than those made of teak. Used for shipbuilding, teakwood is naturally decay- and mildew-resistant, making it the perfect material to lay out on...
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A Garden Worth the Wait: Heckfield Place in Hampshire, England
The UK’s latest country house hotel, Heckfield Place in Hampshire, welcomes guests this September, a full six years behind its scheduled launch date (see our previous post from way back in 2014)....
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Best Hardscape 2018: Design Workshop’s Woody Creek Garden
The winner of the 2018 Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Hardscape is Design Workshop for its Woody Creek Garden project. The project was chosen as a finalist by guest judge Brook Klausing, who...
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Expert Advice: An Architectural Designer’s Favorite Statement-Making Front...
A few weeks ago, architectural and interior designer Katie Hackworth gave us a master class on facade facelifts with a fresh coat of paint. (See her advice in Expert Advice: Three No-Fail Palettes for...
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Secrets from the Lost Kitchen: How to Arrange Flowers Like a Self-Taught...
When I reach Erin French by phone to talk about her flower-arranging tips, she’s holding the phone in one hand and twining vines and arranging flowers for her own wedding, which is happening this...
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Gardening 101: Daylily
Daylily, Hemerocallis: “The Perfect Perennial” Please don’t confuse the daylily with tiger lilies, trumpet lilies, Asiatic lilies, or any other lilies for that matter. Despite the similarity of their...
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