“I am a gardener, garden designer, and writer. My consultancy, LINDA, designs and plants biodiverse urban gardens that are plant-focused with an emphasis on re-using existing materials where…
Read more Quick Takes With: Susanna Grant – GardenistaIf the phrase “houseplant stylist” leaves you scratching your head, one look at The Haus Plant’s Instagram account (@thehausplant) will help you understand what Rob Moffitt does. Based…
Read more Living Sculpture: The Haus Plant’s Rob Moffitt on How to Turn Houseplants Into Works of Art – GardenistaIn fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of Dutch garden designer Frank Heijligers. Indeed,…
Read more Expert Advice: 9 Tips for a Moody Winter Garden – GardenistaFavorite hardscaping material: Natural local materials like nearby rocks, stone, gravel. Less carbon footprint transporting materials that are likely nearby. I love different textures used together. More plants,…
Read more Quick Takes With: Julie Weiss – GardenistaWith the start of the new year, our minds are a-swirl with ideas for what we’ll do in our gardens come spring. For inspiration, we asked garden and…
Read more Resolutions Roundup: Garden Pros Share the 10 Ways They’re Changing Their Landscapes in 2026 – GardenistaMoving perennials or shrubs once they’re in situ can be daunting for a novice gardener. But when you are starting a garden or reinventing one, it’s almost impossible…
Read more Secrets of an English Head Gardener: How to Transplant Shrubs and Perennials – GardenistaWhen I spotted a scale insect on a leaf of my Thai lime tree recently, I sighed. It’s only December; sometimes they show up only in March. We…
Read more Ask the Expert: House Plant Journal’s Darryl Cheng on 6 Common Indoor Plant Pests – GardenistaThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. …
Read more The Year in Gardening: Looking Back With Joy (and Looking Ahead With Hope) – GardenistaPiet Oudolf designed a set of long-handled hand tools, a spade and a fork. They’re perfect for when you’re working on your knees, but need more leverage than…
Read more Quick Takes With: Richard Hayden – GardenistaThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. …
Read more How to Deer-proof Your Garden: Tips to Deter Deter from Eating Your PlantsAs more garden and landscape designers aspire to create sustainable gardens, there’s one significant but often ignored aspect of sustainability they should pay attention to: hardscape materials. For…
Read more How to Lower Your Footprint When Designing an Outdoor SpaceThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. …
Read more Cues to Care: How to Design Ecological Gardens that Look Neat and TidyA steeply pitched lot can present a challenge for even the most seasoned garden designer. Many resort to terracing the slope to create flat ground to work within,…
Read more What to Plant on a Hill or Slope: The Experts Share Design and Gardening Tips3. Create an out-of-sight leaf pile. If you have prying neighbors or an HOA to worry about, move leaves to less visible areas, for example from front to…
Read more Fallen Leaves: What to Do With the Leaves on Your PropertyTruthfully, I drink no less than five cups of tea a day. I rotate between different blends, depending on the season and my health needs. So when I…
Read more The Best Beginner-Friendly Medicinal Plants to Grow for Tisanes and TeasThe new book A Year in Bloom has a great premise: Ask some of the world’s top garden people to talk about their favorite bulbs, thus solving one…
Read more ‘A Year in Bloom’: The New Book’s Contributors’ Share Their Favorite Bulbs to Naturalize in the SpringIf Wednesday Addams were a floral designer, her arrangements would look like Emily Thompson’s: dripping, clambering, creeping, amorphous, and alive despite being very much dead. We’ve covered Emily’s…
Read more Emily Thompson: An Interview with the Artist and Floral DesignerThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at…
Read more The New York City Biodiversity Task Force on How We Can Help Better Support Our EcosystemThis is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to toxic-free, nature-based gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at…
Read more Ecological Horticulture: Native Plant Trust’s Tim Johnson Explains Why You Should Embrace Your Inner Ethical RadicalIf you’re lucky enough to have a garden in a big city, you learn to accept the fact that while you’re out there, you’re in full view of…
Read more Privacy Landscaping: The Best Plants to Use to Enclose Your Outdoor Space
