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5 Favorites: Indoor Olive Trees
The small, fine leaves of a potted indoor olive tree form a hazy green screen that invites you to peek through, and into the distance: Photograph via Julia's Vita. Above: Photograph via Skona Hem....
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Jamb's Glam Ornaments for a Grand Garden
Specializing in reproduction garden ornaments that bespeak a certain splendor, London-based antiques dealer Will Fisher sells his collection of statuary urns through his company Jamb. Every garden...
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An Antiques Collector at Home in London
Key moments with some blurry edges—a drunken reveler's memory of the night before? On the contrary, it's London antiques dealer Will Fisher's design solution to a long and narrow garden. The...
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Required Reading: New York City of Trees by Benjamin Swett
Just as pets resemble their owners, the 5.2 million trees that manage to survive in Manhattan and its boroughs closely echo the mad mix of humanity that calls the metropolis home. Some are young and...
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How to Get Inside America's Secret Gardens
Spring has sprung, gardens are in bloom, and the Garden Conservancy's Open Days season is in full swing. True to its mission of "preserving America's exceptional gardens for the education and...
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Sounds of Saturday: A Playlist to Celebrate Spring
It looks safe to go outdoors now. Optimists, False Spring-conspiracy theorists, and weather forecasters agree: the sun is here to stay. With one month left before summer solstice, we at Gardenista plan...
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DIY: Bug Repellent Balm
I have a very serious vendetta against mosquitos and a few select summer insects, so I've decided to embalm myself in a force field of rosemary, catnip, lavender, and lemon; I suggest you do the same....
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Design Sleuth: Hidden Hardscape Lighting
Why shouldn't garden path lighting be like a nocturnal creature: barely noticeable in the daylight hours but active after the sun goes down? Above: Thin profile hardscape lights discreetly placed...
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Entertaining Essentials for Summer Gatherings
If you're like us, you've been counting the days until you can prep your patio and entertain outdoors. Cue the grill: The days of barbecues and al fresco meals are upon us. To make sure your outdoor...
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Beyond the Chelsea Flower Show: The Fringe Festival
When I was at school, we lived near the River Thames and the Henley Regatta. And oh, the excitement: tents going up, American college athletes arriving, a temporary job carrying race results from the...
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Marrying Pots and Plants at Mrs. Robertson in Fort Greene
Mrs. Robertson in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is precisely my kind of shop. Filled both with antiques and works from modern makers, the shop is chock full of delightful objects, but manages somehow not to...
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Celebrity Spotting at the Chelsea Flower Show
Although the Chelsea Flower Show is traditionally the beginning of the Social Season—for some—with its obligatory "will it, won't it" weather, there are plenty of people who go there for the plants...
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10 Easy Pieces: Portable Grills
Spontaneous clambakes. Fire escape kabobs. Picnic pitas, toasted over coals. Need I go on? As summer looms, we're preparing for any char-grilled flavor opportunity. (Did we mention roasted...
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Exploded Flowers by Qi Wei Fong
We tend to look at flowers as a whole, as polite singular blooms or quietly lovely clusters on a bush. But photographer Qi Wei Fong is interested in the individual components of each flower, which he...
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The World's Sexiest Hardscape Building Component (Seriously)
The Planter Brick may be the sexiest hardscape building component we've ever seen. Designed by Real San Fratello Architects, the Planter Brick can be installed in vertical masonry walls as a single...
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Starting from Seed: Adventures in Tiny Apartment Gardening
Until recently, my relationship to plants has been mostly one-sided. I enjoyed plants, I benefitted from them, I admired and ogled them, but I didn’t grow them. Instead of a healthy balance of give and...
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Gold Medals Awarded at the Chelsea Flower Show
Yesterday was medals day at the Chelsea Flower Show. There were 10 gold medals out of 15 main show gardens, a "staggeringly high" amount according to garden critic Tim Richardson. One garden that does...
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10 Easy Pieces: Stepping Stones, Pavers, and Pebbles
OK, the word "hardscaping" is not our favorite either. But a good garden path? That's poetry, that smooth solid feel of stone or the satisfying crunch of gravel beneath your feet. Without a garden...
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DIY: The World's Prettiest Patio
You have pulled off the plastic covers and dragged the old patio furniture out to the patio. You have eyed it dubiously. You have tried the hose. As Memorial Day approaches, more drastic measures are...
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Contest Winner: Moravian Star Pendant from Pottery Barn
Gardenista reader Sydda Jean is the winner of a Moravian Star Pendant from Pottery Barn, the prize in our Kick Off Summer Contest. Sydda Jean wrote, "I live in a 400-square-foot house that is amazing...
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