Taking Stock: My Tiny Terrace Garden Wakes Up — <p>Twenty-seven pots. Four window boxes. That’s my gardening real estate in Brooklyn, on a terrace that is 15 feet 5 inches long by 5 feet 6 inches wide. After a sincere winter, where an early February surge of Arctic air plun
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A Steep San Francisco Woodland Garden Reimagined by Talc Studio — Talc Studio transforms a steep, overgrown site beneath a mature redwood into a layered woodland garden shaped by dry shade and reclaimed redwood.
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You Are Here: Majamaja, an Off-Grid Retreat in the Finnish Archipelago — <p>You’d be forgiven for thinking this off-grid, on-the-water retreat is in some far-flung spot in Finland. But no: It’s just a hop, skip, and a jump—or car, bicycle, public transport, or boat ja
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Organic Lawns: How to Maintain Your Chemical-Free Yard — There is a lot of conflicting information on best practices for chemical-free lawn care. Here are 10 things no one tells you about having an organic lawn.
Quick Takes With: Stephanie Saulmon — <p>It is with great pleasure that we present Stephanie Saulmon’s Quick Takes. Stephanie is managing principal at longtime Gardenista favorite Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, which this year won Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Award
Google Earth's flight simulator mode is now available in your browser — Up, up and away! (Just try not to crash.)
Harry Holding's Eat Your Garden Touts the Joys of a Beautiful and Productive Landscape — Here are five ideas from Harry Holding's Eat Your Garden for how you might weave some fruits, vegetables, and herbs into your yard:
Japanese Funds Dump Most US Debt Since 2022 as Fed Wagers Flip — Japanese investors sold the most US sovereign bonds in almost four years as a jump in oil prices led to an abrupt turnaround in Federal Reserve policy bets.
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Outbuilding Visit: The Architects’ Studio on Cape Cod — <p>The Wellfleet home of Boston-based architects Rodolfo Machado and Jorge Silvetti features a tree-covered promontory surrounded by salt grass and slow tides. The couple liked the spot so much they built a tiny…
Current Obsessions: The Joy of Color — <p>We have color and joy on the brain this weekend: pretty palettes, rose arbors, cherry-topped cakes, pattern plays galore. And, of course, blue and orange, too. (Let’s go, Knicks!) This week we’ve been eyeing all things Scandin
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Required Reading: Artist Robert Dash’s Garden Finally Gets Its Own Book — <p>When I heard that there would be a book published about Madoo, the garden that artist Robert Dash created on eastern Long Island, I was both excited and nervous. I was excited because Madoo is one
Obama Presidential Center Opens With Bruce Springsteen, U2, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Vedder, & More — The vast, sprawling $850 million edifice known as the Barack Obama Presidential Center — it’s not a library, though it has a library — has been in the works for more than a decade,…
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Can I Learn to Like Daylilies? An Investigation — <p>My pitch to my Gardenista editor was well-intentioned. I love nothing more than finding new ways to contradict myself and keep a running list on my phone of things I’d like to second-guess. Hemerocallis sat at the top. “H
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The 10 Most Common Post-Hike Bug Bites and Rashes (and What They Look Like) — To help you stay safe outdoors, we asked entomologists and insect researchers to identify common bug bites and outline the risks of post-bite illness. Plus, we share photos of each so you can easily…
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5 Favorites: The Best Day-Trip-Worthy Gardens in Britain — <p>When the publisher, Hoxton Mini Press, asked if I wanted to write a book on garden visits, I didn’t hesitate for long. After working on Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden for over three years, the challenge here…
Homegrown Heroes: 7 Tips for Growing Perfect Tomatoes — <p>No homegrown vegetable gets more love than the tomato. While you can buy corn, carrots, eggplants, and peppers from farmers’ markets and CSAs that taste the same as home-grown, tomatoes are special. Maybe…
Trend Alert: Chaos Gardening (And Why Some Experts Hate It) — <p>Every spring for the last couple years, “chaos gardening” enthusiasts emerge online. They suggest that gardeners take a bunch of seeds, mix them together, toss them on the earth, and wait to see what will emerge.…
Meanwhile, on Remodelista: The Summer Bedroom — <p>Doesn’t require much to get your bedroom ready for the warmer months. In fact, it mostly involves subtracting stuff: fewer pillows, a lighter blanket, less fussiness, minimal clutter. And sometimes, all it takes is an…
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10 Things Nobody Tells You About Sedum — <p>I have been a devotee of sedums for several years, adding them to all sorts of gardens, and this appreciation just keeps growing as new varieties emerge on the scene. I’m not alone. National Garden Bureau named 2026 the Year of th
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US Launches Second Round of Strikes on Iran — The US military launched strikes against "multiple" targets in Iran for the second day in a row after President Donald Trump accused the country of dragging out talks on an interim peace deal. Bloomberg's Laura Davison explains the co
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Planted seeds in January out of spite, they actually grew, and now I'm the person who talks about soil pH at parties