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Iced Tea, No Sugar Required
Over lunch last week at the very wonderful Honey & Co. in London's Fitzrovia with Julie and Christine, we cooled off with glasses of orange-blossom iced tea. Very sweet, no ice. And delicious, but...
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A Guide to Intimate Gatherings from the CAMP Workshops
To kick off our Summer Entertaining week, it only seems right to seek advice from some of the best hosts we know. Ginny Branch and Amy Osaba are two of the co-founders of CAMP Workshops, a series of...
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5 Favorites: Unbreakable Wine Glasses
I admit, I'd rather cart my Duralex to the park (here's the proof) and risk a chip or two than drink out of a plastic wine glass. But my own snobbery aside, sometimes plastic is the more sensible...
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Elevating the Everyday: Huddleson Table Linens
Our friend Scotti Sitz at Garde in LA turned us on to Tim Gledhill, an LA-based Brit and a Rug Company alum, who launched Huddleson, his line of contemporary table linens, in 2011. "Some of my fondest...
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A Family Recipe for Elderflower Cordial via Dublin
Our friends at Makers & Brothers, the dashing purveyors of Irish design Jonathan and Mark Legge, like to keep things in the family, including their mother's recipe for elderflower cordial. But...
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An Irresistible Farro Recipe
Once in a while, I try a new dish and overnight become obsessed with finding out the recipe. So it was after I tried Stacy Lauer's farro salad with pomegranate and sausage several months ago at a...
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A Drinks Cooler with Rustic Appeal
An idea that falls into the "why didn't we think of that" category: picnic baskets lined with insulating Styrofoam and rattan baskets with galvanized liners to keep food and drinks cold all afternoon:...
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Berry and Apricot Galettes with Saffron from Apt. 2B Baking Co.
In the height of summer, when fruit is bountiful and hours spent outdoors are at an all-time high, making quick and simple desserts should be the priority. Having a staple recipe that you can recreate...
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The Ultimate Urban Oasis, in the Middle of Antwerp
We've long admired the work of the talented team of Megali Elali (writer) and Bart Kiggen (photographer), whose blog Coffeeklatch delights us with its intimate portraits of everyday life in Belgium....
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An Artist's Avocado Project in Belgium
Hermine van Dijck, a textile artist whose studio is a mix of indoor plants and tangled thread, sprouts avocado pits and nurtures them as house plants until they're large enough to transplant in her...
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Orange is the New Green: A Prison Garden on Rikers Island
In the most recent issue of Edible Manhattan, writer Carrington Morris and photographer Lindsay Morris take readers on a trip to an island in New York's East River, not far from LaGuardia Airport. Home...
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Fire Escape-Worthy Mobile Planters by Bacsac
On a recent spring afternoon in London, Julie and I stopped in at Twentytwentyone to view the design offerings; what caught our eye, though was the outdoor garden featuring Bacsac mobile garden...
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Required Reading: Central Park, An Anthology
On any given day, it will take less than three hours to walk the perimeter of New York's 843-acre Central Park, as I did on a recent Sunday. To see it all, however, will take a lifetime. Among the...
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Piet Oudolf: The Genius Behind the High Line
One way to get a glimpse of Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf's romantic view of ruin? Join the Disney-size crowds who are shuffling along the elevated length of Manhattan's High Line Park, where tall...
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Your Handpicked Flowers and a Sweepstakes Winner
A few weeks ago when we launched our very first Instagram hashtag, we didn't know exactly how it would turn out. But we weren't at all surprised to see so many talented gardenistas turn out photos of...
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DIY: Make Your Own Wildflower Seed Bombs
Guerrilla gardening may use the language of civilian warfare, but floral beauty is the uniting cause. Gardening without permission is another way of describing these activities: not strictly legal but...
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Windowsill Garden: Seed Sprouting Kit
It turns out to be possible to grow an entire farm on a 3-inch deep window sill. Spotted at Uncommon Goods: Above: The Micro Greens Kit comes with seeds to grow organic red cabbage, mini carrots, and...
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DIY: Instant Hanging Shelves for Houseplants
Recently spotted from Byggstudio, a creative consultancy in Sweden: standard wooden trellises and DIY sawhorse tables display plants in a pop-up vintage plant shop. Founded in 2006 by Hanna Nilsson...
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Pacific Heights Mystery: A Hidden City Garden Reveals Its Secrets
In San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood, Lutsko Associates designed a small, lush garden to be lived in at ground level—and to be viewed from above. The result? From the vantage of the house's...
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Colorful Birdhouses from Loll Designs
Noticed recently: another birdhouse to add to the list of greats—this time from Minnesota-based recycled furniture designers Loll Designs. Made from 100-percent recycled HDPE plastic, each birdhouse is...
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