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Gardening 101: Kaffir Lily
Kaffir Lily, Clivia I was already a huge fan of Clivia—a durable and gorgeous shade plant—but when I learned that there are Clivia clubs, Clivia collectors, serious Clivia breeders, Clivia symposiums...
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Garden Visit: The Hobbit Land Next Door
I think I probably would have bought my house in Mill Valley, CA, even if Linda didn’t live next door. Or if she hadn’t been the sort of gardener who turns a dusty rectangle of dirt into a mossy...
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Trending on Remodelista: Playful Design Ideas for the Home
Remodelista took a virtual trip Down Under this week to spotlight Australian design. And what they found was a lot of thinking-outside-the-box playfulness. Above: “The Japanese-esque open timber...
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10 Things to Do in the Garden in June
The garden looks as if it is doing fine without any help, thank you. Why do any chores in June? The reason is August—when perennials will flop listlessly, whispering, “Help me, mommy,” with their last...
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DIY: Rock Weights for a Sun Shade
Spotted in our post on the Japanese mountain cafe Nap, a patio with a sun shade anchored by rocks. Owner Makoto Kawai collected stones from a nearby river to secure the sun shade above the cafe’s...
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Know Your Dirt: The Right Type of Soil to Buy for Your Garden
Too bad soil isn’t dazzling like dahlias or sweetly fragrant like freesias, because gardeners then would be gushing over this dirty stuff instead of overlooking its importance. A successful garden...
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Unconventional Wisdom: 8 Revolutionary Ideas for Your Garden from Thomas Rainer
When you meet landscape architect Thomas Rainer he comes across as a pleasant, mild mannered fellow… not at all the type to be traveling around the world, as he does, spouting revolutionary ideas...
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Gardening 101: Tree Peonies
Tree Peony, Paeonia suffruticosa: “Dinner Plate Flowers” Every May I wait with baited breath for my great grandmother Renee’s peonies to bloom in my parents’ front garden, where they’ve been...
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Trending on Remodelista: Summer Modern
Summery minimalist homes over on Remodelista this week. We’re here for it. Above: Architect Ryan Leidner’s refresh of an Eichler house in Silicon Valley blurs the line between outdoors and indoors....
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Before & After: From Desert to Redwood Forest, the Essence of California in...
The first time landscape architect David Godshall of Terremoto went to see a small house near the Larchmont neighborhood of Los Angeles, there wasn’t much to the garden. “Some existing redwood trees in...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Fire Escape Gardens
After nine years of living in New York, I am the proud new tenant of an apartment with a fire escape. I realize that my lack of a fire escape—and the fact that, until recently, I had never stepped foot...
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Gossamer Gardens: 12 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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10 Easy Pieces: Portable Modern Outdoor LED Lanterns
We like the idea of a multitasking outdoor lamp that goes anywhere: the garden, the park, the beach, and back indoors. Here are our picks for portable, rechargeable, and versatile outdoor LED lanterns....
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Gardening 101: Gomphrena
Globe Amaranth, Gomphrena: Bachelor Button Gomphrena is a cheery little clover look-alike that for centuries has graced classic cutting gardens. American gardeners have relied on its pleasing bachelor...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: We Need to Do Better
This week, on Remodelista, Julie wrote that we are committed to learning more, listening deeper, and doing better when it comes to inclusivity and representation of the Black design community on...
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Garden Visit: Sarah Raven’s Perch Hill
Sarah Raven, gardener, writer and TV personality, has it pretty good as far as I can tell. She lives in East Sussex, England, a mecca for gardeners, in a charming old dairy farm called Perch Hill where...
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Poison Ivy
The other day, my neighbor with an enviable flower garden in the front and a vegetable one in the back, snuck up on me while I was weeding, looked over my shoulder, and promptly announced, “That’s...
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Gardening 101: Morning Glory
Morning Glory, Ipomoea, “Back-to-School Vine” Morning glory, with its heart-shaped leaves and delicate trumpet-shaped blooms, is such a familiar plant that it is easy to forget how useful and stunning...
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Before & After: A Shabby House Transformed, Thanks to Paint and a DIY...
As any renovator will tell you, there’s nothing quite like discovering unexpected architectural treasures during demolition—beautiful tiled floors under old carpets, perfect windows behind drywalls,...
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Sustainable Solutions: A Modern Garden for a Historic Townhouse in Brooklyn
When Lauren Snyder and Keith Burns renovated their historic brownstone in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, they made a commitment to sustainability. More than half their budget, Lauren says,...
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