It’s undeniable that houseplants have had a long and prosperous moment. The desire to bring even a little bit of nature within is greater than ever thanks to the growth of biophilic design and the resurgence of the indoor jungle…
While certain growth circumstances may appear more difficult to manage than others, the key is frequently to plant the correct plants in the right locations. You can find a sun-baked hill or a shadowed nook difficult to navigate. Perhaps frequent…
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…
