Perhaps you’re considering switching to a more environmentally friendly lawn. Maybe you have an area in the shade where nothing grows. Alternatively, maybe your goal is to expand the habitat of fauna like butterflies and birds. For all of these…
When seen from a distance, it seems to be a well planned decorative garden that cascades down the side of a New Hampshire hill. Mounds of color bounce off one another, foxglove spires protrude up, towering bushes provide vertical highlights,…
Over the last eighteen years, I have designed gardens for homeowners, and during that time I have seen the good, the poor, and the downright ugly. Often, it’s the same kind of little design mistakes that give a yard a…
Sabina Rüber has a unique bond with plants.She appreciates each plant for its own personality and skill as a garden photographer.She works as a gardener for Chiltern Seeds, a seed firm, planting, growing, and taking pictures of flowers for their…
Purchasing indoor and outdoor plants is becoming more common as more people purchase online. Nowadays, a lot of nurseries provide a mail-order service via their website, which gives us the chance to buy plants that we may not be able…
East London’s Spitalfields is a patchwork of buildings, centered on the Georgian gem of Fournier Street. Originally constructed for Huguenot silk weavers and merchants, these magnificent structures were gradually divided into affordable housing and workshops that are now inhabited by…
There is a certain kind of sophisticated minimalism that defies simplicity. It may be found in the glaze of Edmund de Waal’s porcelain pots, in the cut of a cashmere sweater from Loro Piana, and in the gardens created by…
The Greeks dubbed the first spring flower “Narcissus,” and the ancient Chinese employed it for its therapeutic qualities. Helen O’Neill digs further into the legends surrounding the well-known yellow trumpet flower in her book Daffodil: Biography of a Flower (Harper…
The process of growing plants from seed first captivated me in gardening. Years have passed since I first saw how seeds change, yet the wonder of germination always excites me. Change is the core of gardening, and caring for plants…
Perhaps the greatest place to start is with the Great Meadow, a seven-acre hay meadow that fronts the elegant 17th-century home that serves as the centerpiece of this magnificent estate. Once in the meadow, it is hard to avoid following…
