This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project , a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening.
For two decades, The Battery has been a model for public parks and sustainable horticulture in New York City and beyond, proving that…
Make these cool garden-inspired luminaries to light the way to your next wintertime party. Frozen ice lanterns are made from an ice sculpture candle holder with room to place a container candle or tea light inside. This DIY ice lantern takes just minutes…
This week, we are revisiting some of our favorite summer-centric Gardenista stories. Remember this one?
Hydrangeas suffer from the same image problem as rhododendrons: they are usually in the wrong place. A pot near the house requires ericaceous soil, an acid mulch, aluminum sulphate. They look…
This week, we are revisiting some of our favorite summer-centric Gardenista stories. Remember this one?
According to Santa Monica-based landscape designer Art Luna, owner of Art Luna Garden, every kitchen garden is a true labor of love. Growing a source of food requires…
Fall is upon us and, naturally, thoughts turn to shutting down the garden for winter and planning next year’s plantings. Thing is, as savvy gardeners know, autumn can be a wonderful time to plant perennials, shrubs, and trees. Why?
Above: This is a…
What is the gardening season in Autumn?
The gardening season in Autumn typically refers to the period between September and November when gardeners can continue to plant, harvest, and maintain their gardens.
What are some tips for extending the gardening season in Autumn?…
Photography by John O’Hagan
Text by Claire Pool
Since 2002, Sweet Peas Garden Shop has provided residents of Homewood, Alabama, with excellent local products and a fun and funky storefront curb appeal. Area gardeners turn to the trusted staff for advice on everything from…
The family wanted to stay together—literally. Bretaigne Walliser and Thom Dalmas’s clients asked the architects to reconfigure an 1899 Brooklyn townhouse for three generations—grandparents and their daughter, her wife, and their two children—to cohabitate and have space for creative pursuits.
Thom…
Christèle and Hubert moved from Paris to the small town of Lectoure in southwestern France, taking on the restoration of an 18th-century royal tannery. Now operating as the Manufacture Royale de Lectoure, a spacious bed and breakfast, it includes a garden suite…
In the Great Austens conservation area in the market town of Farnham in Surrey, England, Ben and Claire Macland were looking to replace an old interwar bungalow located on a corner plot. The bungalow was poorly constructed with an even poorer energy…