Jake Hobson is a master pruner. He’s written two books on pruning: Niwaki: Pruning, Training, and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way and The Art of Creative Pruning: Inventive…
Read more Jake Hobson’s Garden: A Tour of the Niwaki Founder’s Mini-Forest BackyardIn the first decade of America’s post-war boom, a million and a half new houses were built, creating vast tracts of suburbia and giving young families their first…
Read more Before & After: A 1940s-Suburban House Grows Up Gracefully in Mill Valley, CA – GardenistaThis week, we’re revisiting some of our all-time favorite stories about gardening in New York City. Cultivating plants in the Big Apple comes with challenges—yards tend to be…
Read more Rental Garden Makeovers: 10 Best Budget Ideas for an Outdoor Space – GardenistaPost-renovation, the back yard was filled with debris, including shards of concrete. “Instead of dumping the stuff, we used what was there to create what I call an…
Read more Brooklyn Backyard Visit: Pea Gravel Stars in the Transformation of an Urban Garden by Verru DesignA couple months ago, I wrote a story for Remodelista about a modernist landmark Brooklyn Heights townhouse restored by Starling Architecture. The post focused on the sophisticated midcentury-style…
Read more The Merz House in Brooklyn Heights: Nishiel Patel Reconfigures and Re-beautifies the Landmark Home’s BackyardIf 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 SpaceIn preparation for the NATO Summit in D.C., crews installed tall, latticed steel fences on the sidewalk along the Ellipse near the White House on Monday. Listen live…
Read more Fencing installed around Ellipse near White House in preparation for NATO Summit – WTOP NewsIt’s always a good idea to give the gift of courtesy to your neighbors. Even if they’re not the type to fly into a yard rage, they’ll still…
Read more The Art of Garden Etiquette: 10 Ways to Show Respect to Neighbors – Gardenista
