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DIY: Instant Indoor Herb Garden
Your duty, as a summer guest, is to admire your hosts' overflowing herb garden without betraying envy. Instead ask sweetly if they would like to share. Upon returning to the city, you can transplant...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Bart & Pieter's Garden for an Apartment in Antwerp
A triplex apartment sits atop a '60s office block in the Belgian city of Antwerp. The landscapers' brief: to create a garden on each floor, blending with the style of the building, which is mainly...
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10 Easy Pieces: Hanging Window Boxes with Brackets
We like power drills as much as anybody, so long as they're whirring away in someone else's hand. And we'll definitely put up with the attendant screw holes, saw dust, and noise pollution if mounting a...
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Required Reading: The Edible Balcony
I used to live in a basement flat near London's King's Cross, with a little courtyard. It was full of pots and was lovely really, except for two things. It was overlooked by hundreds of people (there...
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Garden Visit: 66 Square Feet (Plus) on a Harlem Terrace
For nine years I gardened on a sliver of terrace at the top of a townhouse in the leafy Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. That sunny space was small, and I needed so much: Â flowers, herbs, fruit, a...
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Hardscaping 101: Tree Stumps
It happens. Your long favored or ignored tree has to be removed. Disease, blocked views, size hazard, root damage, or just old age. The question arises: what to do about the stump? It comes down to...
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A Hip Hive for Urban Bees
Fully one third of the world's food supply depends on pollinators, especially bees. Yet, according to a recent Yale study the global bee population has been declining at an alarming rate: from 30-50...
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Outbuilding of the Week: Shipping Container Greenhouse
Here's a modern edible garden that reminds us of playing with Lego bricks: take one old shipping container, snap on a vaulted greenhouse roof, and ... grow food. Has recycled architecture ever been so...
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All-Time Easiest Houseplant Moss Is Moving In
Spotted making itself at home at New York's recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair: preserved, unnaturally bright reindeer moss from Finland, ready to colonize coffee tables, hang from...
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Garden Visit: Subdividing a Small City Backyard to Make it Bigger
A few days ago, I visited a garden in the Noe Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, a city where the average lot is 25 feet wide by 100 feet deep. On a piece of property that size, it's inevitable: the...
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Trending on Remodelista: Modest Modern
It sounds redundant to say "midcentury modern." True classic design that hails from the middle decades of the 20th century deserves a simpler label: modern. This week our intrepid Remodelista editors...
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Current Obsessions: Almost Summer
Take a look at what's on our radar: Above: In California's wine country, landscape designer Thomas Woltz turned a 1920's gas station into a tasting room and garden. Photograph by Marion Brenner. Have...
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You Pin It, We ID It: An Abandoned Building's Rooftop Garden
When the same image appears in our Pinterest feed multiple times in one day, our curiosity is piqued and we need to know the story behind it. This irresistible rooftop garden kept popping up, so I dug...
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2014 Considered Design Awards Prizes, FAQ, and Official Rules
Table of Contents: Prize Frequently Asked Questions Official Rules  Prize Winning projects will be covered with full posts on Remodelista or Gardenista, and winning entrants will receive a Jielde...
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Table of Contents: Outdoor Living
Dinner on the deck, check. Hammocks ready for duty, check. Herbs in the window box, check. We'll be spending the week living outdoors (is there any other place to be in June)? Monday Above: Photograph...
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Landscape Architect Visit: Scott Lewis Turns A Small SF Backyard Into an...
"We had this idea of making a green cube in the back of the garden," says San Francisco-based landscape architect Scott Lewis. And as you can see, it was an excellent idea. In a small city backyard,...
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Coming Soon: The 2014 Gardenista Considered Design Awards
Love your outdoor space? Every day, we show you the gardens we love; now it's your turn to share. Above: Photograph by Liesa Johannssen for Gardenista. We're thrilled to announce that the second annual...
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Field Guide: Foxglove
Foxglove, Digitalis: "The Queen of Camelot" Where would a cottage garden be without foxglove? Or the Tuileries, for that matter? And did we mention that foxglove also will spread like a wildflower?...
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Landscape Architect Visit: A Lush NYC Backyard by Robin Key
The typical townhouse backyard in New York City is a rectangle 20 feet wide by 36 feet deep. So, how do you turn a measly box like that into a garden that feels private, lush, and irresistibly usable?...
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Steal This Look: A Mod LA Patio with Twinkly String Lights
We've been admiring actress Jennifer Carpenter's Laurel Canyon patio for a while now, from the strand lighting casually laced through the overhanging trees to the eclectic mix of classic outdoor...
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