Steal This Look: An Easy and Elegant Thanksgiving Tabletop from the Garden
Had we been passengers on the Mayflower, you can bet we would not have been the Pilgrims assigned to make the Thanksgiving succotash. We would have been foraging in the woods for seasonal floral...
View ArticleRaise High the Roof Beam: A Steel Garden Pergola
Made in Michigan and meant to last a lifetime: a steel lattice pergola from Branch Studio that adds architectural interest to the garden. Based on the design of an antique French garden piece, the...
View ArticleDesign Sleuth: Town Garden in Stoke Newington, London
When we spotted this garden in London's Stoke Newington, there was something reassuringly workable about it. As a design brief, it could be a template for the way we live now: small town garden with...
View ArticleTop 5 on Remodelista: Trending Today
This week on Remodelista, Janet set up the bar to kick off the holiday cocktail party season. Margot brought the Champagne. Julie, Christine, and Alexa joined them for a toast: to embroidered napkins,...
View ArticleInnisfree: A Storybook Garden on an American Scale
Spread over 185 acres of the Hudson Valley is a landscape that feels like taking a trip through a mystical land—like Clara's dream journey into The Nutcracker's country of sweets. Originally the summer...
View ArticleDIY: A Dried Fruit Garland for the Holidays
If you want a bit of insight into how I turned out the way I did, consider the year that my mother declared that we'd have an "18th century Christmas." While our friends made lists that included...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Dried Flowers with Panache from Flores del Sol
As a child, Christina Rose Moreno liked to roam the fields near her upstate New York home marveling at and gathering wildflowers, leaves, and seed heads. With scissors and tape she would turn these...
View ArticleA Stylish Avian Apartment
A cozy home for feathered friends, this terra cotta nest is perfect for gardeners who love their birds. Fashioned from a classic ceramic pot with a Douglas fir front, the rustic/modern bird sNEST (No,...
View ArticleDIY: A Starry Night Holiday Light Display
Sitting in the office reminiscing about our childhoods (a topic second in popularity at Gardenista only to wondering what to have for lunch and is it too early), we were shocked to learn recently that...
View Article5 Favorites: Shimmery Grasses to Perk Up a Fall Garden
Spotted recently via our friends at Sunset Magazine: a list of must-have hardy grasses to plant now. Why? They're drought resistant, prevent erosion, and provide year round color and texture in a...
View ArticleHarvesting a Cult Napa Valley Olive Oil at Grove 45
Recently one sunlit morning I woke early and headed to the rural Chiles Valley that runs parallel to its more illustrious Napa Valley neighbor. I was headed to Storm Olive Ranch to see the 2013 olives...
View ArticleHow to Choose a Good Olive Oil
On my recent visit to Storm Olive Ranch where owners Bonnie Storm and Nena Talcott make their blend of Grove 45 extra virgin olive oil, I found myself wondering how one picks a good olive oil. Luckily...
View ArticleFrom Our Gallery, Last-Minute Inspiration for the Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, but you still have plenty of time to plan your recipes and tablescapes—for now. Get a move on with inspiration from our Photo Gallery—more than 3,000 images of...
View ArticleFall Favorite: Raw Kale Salad with Apples and Almonds
Are you planning a Thanksgiving menu? This week we'll be suggesting a few of the feast-worthy garden-to-table recipes from the past year: It's not exactly news-worthy that I'm a 20-something...
View ArticleRequired Reading: The Beautiful Edible Garden
This is not just another book about how to grow as much of your own food as possible. In fact, the authors of The Beautiful Edible Garden think you may be trying too hard. Do you feel overwhelmed when...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Good Company
At a time when most magazines printed on paper are regarded as passé and soon to be completely obsolete, there's a fresh take on an old kind of publication. Good Company is a print journal so...
View ArticleGift Guide: For the Fledgling Gardener
When I first set out as a Novice Gardener, I didn't have a single gardening tool save for an aged, crooked dandelion weeder I found buried in the bottom of my inherited window box. My tool-free...
View ArticleLeek Latkes Fit for a King
It goes without saying that the final word on fried potatoes belongs to David Firestone, dubbed the Latke King of Queens some years back in Molly O'Neill's seminal New York Cookbook. I have the book,...
View ArticleDIY: Gift Wrapping Supplies from a Surprising Source
We know that it's what inside that really counts, but we can't help ourselves: we like the outside of the gifts we give to look as pretty as the inside. This year, we partnered with The Home Depot to...
View ArticleBasketweave Concrete Plant Pots
I have no trouble falling in love with plants—I bring so many home, like strays, that my family has put a cap on it: five a month. But pots and planters are a different story; it's much harder to find...
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