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Landscape Architect Visit: Thomas Doxiadis on Antiparos
We all have an idea about Greece and there is bound to be something ancient in it. Yet visiting can be so different from imagining. In landscape architect Thomas Doxiadis' version of Greece, new angles...
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10 Easy Pieces: Crank Hose Reels
Nothing concludes a satisfying stint in the yard like neatly wrapping up the hose. But a tranquil afternoon of gardening can deteriorate into a sweaty wrestling match if you have to manhandle 100 feet...
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Garden Visit: A Modern CA Garden Inspired by the Classics
The ancient Greeks loved symmetry for a good reason. As do Ken and Jean Victor Linsteadt—for the same reason. By adding stone walls and a staircase to bisect and subdivide their sloped backyard into a...
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Required Reading: Kitchen Garden Experts
Fêted French chef Raymond Blanc introduces this fascinating book, and his garden at Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons in Oxfordshire concludes Kitchen Garden Experts. Quite right, as Blanc's insistence on...
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Recipe: Peas with Ham and Cheese from Kitchen Garden Experts
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage restaurant is just one of the restaurants featured in Cinead McTernan's Kitchen Garden Experts: Twenty Celebrated Chefs and Their Head Gardeners. McTernan...
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10 Garden Ideas to Steal from Greece
What Greek gardeners know: a Mediterranean climate requires you to embrace extremes. Dry summers. Wet winters. Hot sun. Oh, and little surprises from the sea (here's some salt spray and wind for you)....
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Hardscaping 101: Front Paths
Nothing creates curb appeal faster than a well-designed front path. It's the first impression your house makes to visitors—and to you every time you come home. The choices can be daunting. But through...
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DIY Video: How to Sprout Seeds and Plant a Compost Garden
After dinnertime prep, there's no need to let your vegetable trimmings go to waste. Save seeds from citrus fruit or sprout seeds from legumes and watch them grow before your eyes. Save your vegetable...
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Architect Visit: In Greece, a House and Landscape with a Slow Reveal
We love a house designed first with its landscape in mind. This one, in the south of Greece, takes pains to both live with the landscape—and hide from it. The single-family house was designed by...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Travis Heights Arts Studio by Clayton and Little
Presiding over a corner lot in the historic neighborhood of Travis Heights in Austin, Texas, a grand landmark Victorian house looks down with bemused pride at a new 500-square-foot structure, a...
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A Greek Seaside Garden That Barely Needs Water
On the Aegean island of Paros, off the coast of Greece, garden designer Carolyn Chadwick created a coastal garden with waves of plantings to emulate the blue waves below. To capitalize on sea views...
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Beach Read Roundup: 7 Best New Gardening and Design Books
Along with sunshine and warmth, summer offers spare time (or at least the illusion of it). Beach days mean toes in the sand and a good book in hand. If you love plants and gardening as much as we do,...
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Trending on Remodelista: Aegean Adventure
There's too much to love about Greece only to focus on the gardens. This week on Remodelista the editors have taken a look at the architecture and interiors of the Greek Isles and we've taken notes....
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Current Obsessions: Going Outdoors
Take a look at what's been on our radar this week: Above: A straight-from-the-garden skillet meal. Photograph courtesy of Dolly and Oatmeal. Unexpected ways to bring flowers indoors. Fruit flies...
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Tara Getting Married: DIY Wedding Flowers ... and the Big Day
Since November, we've been following the adventures of bride-to-be Tara Douglass, a Brooklyn floral designer whose desire to grow her own wedding flowers was so strong that she traveled last fall to...
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Table of Contents: City Mouse
Welcome to the outdoors. We consider Memorial Day the official kickoff to summer in the city, and we'll be spending the week visiting some of our favorite balconies, terraces, and fire escapes (hoping...
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Shopper's Diary: A Secret Courtyard Garden in Buenos Aires
Behind an unassuming stone facade and through a corridor covered in lush vines and plants, you will discover a quiet and charming courtyard in the heart of the city. The space, the brainchild of Buenos...
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Steal This Look: Urban Terrace Garden
Even the smallest urban garden terrace can offer a welcome spot to pot up a few favorite plants and enjoy a cool evening breeze. This eclectic terrace keeps popping up on our Pinterest feed so we...
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London Calling: Peep Shows, Gin Lovers, and Wildlings at the Chelsea Fringe
Anyone who follows British gardeners on Twitter will know that they are generous and a bit of a laugh. So it is with the Chelsea Fringe festival: instead of sulking about missing out on tickets to the...
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Field Guide: Peony
Peony; Paeonia: "The Mistress" Peonies can be shrubs or they can be trees, and one of the only sad things about living in a warm climate is it's difficult to grow either. A peony likes a nice freeze in...
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