Garden Visit: At Home with Judy Green in London's Leafiest Suburb
When I moved to London 10 years ago, I met someone who’d grown up in a city neighborhood where, he claimed, the law required every garden to have a fruit tree. Though fruit trees aren’t specifically...
View ArticleOutbuilding of the Week: Glassy Greenhouse in Sweden
For us, the epitome of a minimal outbuilding with just the right hint of glamour is a greenhouse. As a structure, a greenhouse acts as a pared down shell for temperamental plants, but the sheen of the...
View ArticleGarden-to-Table Recipe: Fried Green Tomatoes from a Cook's Garden
Do you have tomatoes coming out of your ears? The time to gorge on them is now, when they are perfectly ripe, their voluptuous contours packed with sweetly fragrant juices and powerful antioxidants. If...
View ArticleTrending on Remodelista: Minimalist Glamour
You say glamor, I say glamour, but we have more in common than we realize. The editors at Remodelista spent the week exploring the essence of minimal glamor, and after seeing their finds—hanging...
View ArticleCurrent Obsessions: Busy in the Garden
Here's a look at what's on our radar this week: Above: A San Francisco-based baker, Cake Bloom, dyes desert fillings and buttercream with plants from the garden. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden...
View ArticleTable of Contents: Style on a Budget
Stylish comfort: is that so much to expect? This week we offer our favorite low-budget tips and tricks for kitting out your outdoor space. We'll be making our own DIY concrete planters, recycling...
View ArticleGarden Designer Visit: A Study in Green by Franchesca Watson
It's one thing to create a garden that looks beautiful when you see it at ground level, but Franchesca Watson, a landscape designer in South Africa, has taken things further. She has designed a garden...
View ArticleDIY on a Budget: $30 Mini Concrete Planters
File this one under trial and error: I started the project with high hopes of making a 2-gallon cement planter that I could stock with a variety of succulents. But while struggling to free the large...
View ArticleField Guide: Kale
Kale (Brassica oleracea): "Faddy for a Reason" While it's easy to roll your eyes at the fad of kale—the foodie darling, nutritionist's dream, hipster-approved fad—I have a feeling that kale will become...
View ArticleGray Gardens: A Visit to San Francisco's Foggiest Backyard
In the years since the General Store SF opened near a surfer's beach in San Francisco's foggy Outer Sunset neighborhood, it has been notable for its ability to lure shoppers to a remote outpost of...
View ArticleSteal This Look: Mattress Springs as DIY Wall Art
We immediately decided to recycle in style after we spotted a unique garden feature—rusted bedsprings attached to a brick wall—in the suburban Melbourne garden of designer Andrew Plymin. As Plymin...
View Article10 Easy Pieces: Budget-Friendly Unfinished Wood Furniture
There is no way to sugarcoat this: When you buy outdoor furniture, you are spending money on something that will sooner or later be destroyed by wind, rain, soot, dust, bird droppings, pollen, dried...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Gardens in Detail
In the biographical notes about Emma Reuss in her new book, Gardens in Detail, her achievements are listed: diploma from the Royal Horticulture Society, Best Trade Journalist in the Garden Media Guild...
View ArticleShopper's Diary: Cluck! Urban Farm Supply in Rhode Island
Providence is a city teeming with urban farmers, but for a long time there was no locally owned nursery or feed store. I had to drive at least 20 minutes just to find chicken feed (and in a state as...
View ArticleSmall Space DIY: Countertop Herb Garden
One of life’s chief pleasures is the simple act of plucking one’s own herbs from a kitchen garden. For city folk without outdoor space, it can be easy to feel left out. But here’s good news for...
View ArticleRequired Reading: Bitter
I picked up Bitter after spotting its dark, eerie cover. I scanned the subhead—"A taste of the world's most dangerous flavor"—and knew I couldn't ignore a book like that. Australian-born, Toronto-based...
View Article10 Genius Garden Hacks with Concrete Blocks
Is there a more versatile hardscaping material than the humble concrete block? In the garden, you can use it to make: a wall, a privacy screen, a breeze block window, a planter for succulents, a raised...
View ArticleGarden Visit: Local Flowers from Robin Hollow Farm in Rhode Island
As I arrived at Polly and Mike Hutchison's flower farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island the other day, I was met with a flurry of activity. Buckets of dahlias and sunflowers were being loaded into the...
View ArticleHardscaping 101: Window Boxes
There is much to recommend the humble window box. As a low-tech home beautifier, it is unparalleled. Fill it with a few bright flowering plants and maybe a vine or two from the local nursery and,...
View Article9 Secrets to Growing Succulents Indoors
I've killed every succulent I've ever attempted to grow. Things start off well enough, but a few weeks after I bring succulents into my home, they start to look spindly and sad before they give up and...
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