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The Humane Gardener: 4 Tips for Compassionate Landscaping, with Author Nancy...
What is humane gardening? According to Nancy Lawson, author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife, it means going beyond “birds, bees, and butterflies.” As she writes:...
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Houseplant Disruptors: The Instant Jungle Courtesy of Bloomscape
How to make living with plants extra-easy for urbanities? In an already overgrown industry, Justin Mast saw a new way in: fast, affordable delivery of mature potted specimens in sizes small, medium,...
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Trending on Remodelista: How to Achieve Casual Elegance in Your Home
Some great tips this week from the Remodelista editors on how to achieve elegance in your home without sacrificing comfort. 1. Aim for artfulness over fussiness. Above: If you haven’t already seen...
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Icebreakers: 9 Eco-Friendly Tips to Clear Snow, from the High Line in NYC
If you live in a region where snow and ice are common in winter, you probably already know you shouldn’t scatter rock salt to make sidewalks and garden paths safe for pedestrians. Sure, salt (aka...
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Everything You Need to Know About ZZ Plants
As I was headed into my local nursery the other day, an interior-plant deliveryman was unloading a van out front. Because I am perennially curious and a devout plant lover, I poked my head inside and...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Bamboo
Ah, bamboo—it’s one of those plants that you either love or hate. Me? Well, years ago my husband and I planted a hedge-line of bamboo in the backyard to screen out a view (it does a fantastic job), and...
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The Dark Mirror: A Backyard Reflecting Pool in Eastern Europe
From the street, you would never know. A tall hedge of clipped yew hides a backyard reflecting pool whose surface is “a dark mirror,” designed to reflect the sky and clouds above Brno in the Czech...
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Hardscaping 101: Backyard Ice Skating Rinks
My brothers and I thought my father invented the concept of the backyard ice skating rink. The first we heard of it was one night when he went outdoors in Chicago’s sub-zero weather to spray a thin...
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Trending on Remodelista: How to Be One With Nature
It was California Week over on Remodelista, and that translated into a plethora of stories on architecture and interiors that beautifully bring the outdoors in. Here are some favorite examples: Above:...
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The 10 Hardest Houseplants to Keep Alive, According to Gardenista Readers
Remember: houseplants are not living indoors by choice. So maybe it’s not surprising that so many Gardenista readers would place themselves somewhere on the scale of unlucky to full-fledged houseplant...
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Houseplant Help: Is It OK to Reuse Potting Soil?
When repotting a houseplant or transplanting seedlings to a window box, the urban gardener has to answer a basic container-gardening question: Is it OK to reuse potting soil? Or should I start fresh?...
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Landscape Designer Visit: At Home with Flora Grubb in Berkeley, CA
California landscape designer Flora Grubb and her small son knew it when they saw it. “This is our house,” they agreed, and she bought the Berkeley bungalow. No worries about that strip of lawn and...
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Succulents Explained: How to Identify and Grow 12 Favorites
How are we supposed to keep our succulents alive if we don’t know what kind we’ve got? Too often a plant ID tag at the garden shop says simply “Succulent, Assorted.” It lists no species or hint of how...
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Garden of Eden: The Most Beautiful Spot in Brooklyn Happens to Be in an...
High levels of arsenic and lead in the soil, a decrepit factory building, a courtyard roofed over with half-rotted plywood and tarpaper and paved in concrete—we’ve all heard this Brooklyn story at...
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Trending on Remodelista: The Cult of the Small Kitchen
Remodelista editors have a soft spot for small kitchens, and after poring over images of the ones they spotlighted this week, we do now, too. Above: A compact 14-by-10-foot kitchen that prioritizes...
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Cut Flowers: How to Help Hellebores Last Longer
Anyone who has seen a hellebore in a garden understands why these charming flowers have recently surged in popularity to become a sought-after ingredient in bridal bouquets, a must-have perennial in a...
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10 Chinese Herbs to Cure What Ails You
Can Chinese herbs cure what ails you? Western medicine, which has been slow to embrace the 5,000-year-old practice of traditional Chinese medicine, is no longer dismissive. The Federal Drug...
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Hike of the Week: Salesforce Park in San Francisco
San Francisco is known for its many public outdoor destinations, such as Golden Gate Park, Crissy Field, and Fisherman’s wharf. Now there’s a new one to seek out, and it’s a hidden botanical gem....
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What to Do in the Garden in February
What to do in the garden in February–is this some kind of a joke? Here’s a thing I like to do in February: sit by the fire and look at the garden through a window. However. If you (or I) can find the...
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Landscape Architect Visit: The California Life, Outdoor Living Room Included
When it came time to retire, Steven and Dee Dee Kim knew just what they wanted. They would leave their home in Tiburon, California near San Francisco, and build a traditional house with a swimming pool...
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