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Everlasting Bouquets from Ashley Woodson Bailey
Atlanta photographer Ashley Woodson Bailey was a full-time floral designer when a car accident two years ago put her in a back brace for months. The accident changed her life dramatically. She had two...
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Shopper's Diary: Pollinate in Oakland, CA
Pollinate, in the sun-drunk Fruitvale district of Oakland, is a practical place, a farm store for the urban dweller. For city gardeners, the place is a godsend. At Pollinate you can get anything from...
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Trending on Remodelista: Spring Cleaning
The weather isn't exactly cooperating with the season in all corners of this country, but we're forging ahead and celebrating spring anyway. And while we're eager to have the chance to get our hands...
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Current Obsessions: Welcoming the Vernal Equinox
Not to gloat. On the West Coast we're in full spring swing. But we empathize with some of the rest of you who are still surreptitiously peeping out the window waiting for its arrival. Meanwhile, we've...
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The Road Not Taken: Robert Frost's Daffodils in Gloucestershire
Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" may be an icon of American poetry, but it was written about a friend in England who was plagued by indecision. The path of Frost's days of walking and talking in...
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Table of Contents: India Song
Warm colors, cool water, chaotic patterns, symmetry—and pink as the ultimate neutral color. Jawaharlal Nehru said India is a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads....
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Architect Visit: In India, Housing for Elephants and Their People
At the foot of the 16th-century Amber Palace near Jaipur, India, is hathi gaon, a village designed for 100 elephants and their caretakers. Though the concept sounds sweet, it—and its larger context—is...
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DIY: Rose Petal Honey
On my last day in India, I had my first taste of rose petal honey, swirled into the yogurt I ate for breakfast as I sat on a balcony watching the Taj Mahal shimmer through a haze of humidity. Back...
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Field Guide: Tulsi Basil
Tulsi Basil, Ocimum Tenuiflorum: "Holy Basil" Cultivation of this wild-growing herb began in India. According to Indian legend and religious teaching, tulsi basil was bestowed on humanity as an...
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Garden Visit: Sezincote in Gloucestershire
Facing squarely to the east, Sezincote is like a fabulous dream. Though it inspired the Prince Regent in 1807 to build the highly decorated Brighton Pavilion, Sezincote is rather restrained and...
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Steal This Look: A Fragrant Palace Balcony in India
Built on the banks of the Kushavati River in the southern Indian state of Goa, the 18th century architecture of the Palácio de Deão exhibits an unusual mix of Indo-Portuguese influences. We spotted...
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Required Reading: The House Gardener by Isabelle Palmer
Isabelle Palmer, aka The Balcony Gardener, is always up for a challenge. Determined to bring greenery to the smallest urban spaces, she has just come inside from the balcony and turned her attention to...
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The Sheltering Sky: A Vacation House in Khopoli
Located in Khopoli, in Maharashtra, India (a region that fluctuates between extreme dry heat and monsoon season), a weekend house is perched on the edge of a rocky basalt cliff, with views of the hills...
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DIY: Natural Turmeric-Dyed Tablecloth
Native to Southern India and identifiable by its show-stopping yellow, turmeric has been a staple in cooking and medicine for thousands of years. The spice, a member of the ginger family and a key...
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10 Easy Pieces: Bronze Garden Planters
Add an earthy and elegant note to your garden with a bronze-finished planter. Here are ten to consider: (N.B: Solid bronze planters are available, but they are weighty in both pounds and price. Our...
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The Evia Heated Lounge by Galanter & Jones
If you're like most people, you use lawn furniture about as often as your bathing suit: only if the weather is appropriately warm and most often while on a tropical vacation. During winter months—and...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from India
What did Indian gardens look like before the invaders arrived? The Mughals imposed their 16th century Persian constraints—they were all for walls and the fussy geometry of symmetry—and then came the...
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Hardscaping 101: Limestone Pavers
When the poet W. H. Auden tried to imagine paradise, he wrote, "What I see is a limestone landscape." Us too. Or at least a limestone terrace: As a building material, limestone is both universal and...
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Palette & Paints: India-Inspired Paint Colors
When we think of India, we think of color. We imagine the nearly-neon pigments of the springtime festival Holi, and remember Diana Vreeland's declaration that "pink is the navy blue of India." (For...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Tree Cocoon
My 14-month-old nephew has a deep and abiding affection for a chubby little volume you might be familiar with. It features a certain ravenous caterpillar and his transformative cocoon and after reading...
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