[ad_1] We’ve been noticing lately that a talent for stonework is more than an extra feather in the cap for garden designers. Wilder planting…
[ad_1] Susanna Grant is a garden designer and co-director of Care, Not Capital, with the irrepressible John Little (we wrote about him here). With…
[ad_1] If you’re upgrading an existing landscape, you can reuse pavers from an old path or patio to create your new outdoor space. 7.…
[ad_1] In fall the Instagram feeds of many of our favorite gardeners, quite understandably, start to wither or move indoors. Not so that of…
[ad_1] When Sarah Pajwani and her family moved into their house near Maidenhead (an hour from London) in 2011, it was surrounded by an…
[ad_1] As gardens fade and the days darken, it’s tempting to forget about what’s going on outdoors until early spring when everything jolts back…
[ad_1] In the first decade of America’s post-war boom, a million and a half new houses were built, creating vast tracts of suburbia and…
[ad_1] When Jane Orvis and Steve Hanson bought their 1950s house in Seward Park, Seattle, they kept the original pink-tiled bathroom. But what about…
[ad_1] We’ve been writing about Tama Matsuoka Wong for more than a decade—first in 2013 when we joined her for a foraging (and eating)…
[ad_1] I’ve always known in theory that if you plant spring-flowering bulbs (such as tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and alliums) you can fill your garden…
[ad_1] My clients are often in love with gravel, or at least with the idea of gravel. But as a landscape designer, I have…
[ad_1] If you’re lucky enough to have a garden in a big city, you learn to accept the fact that while you’re out there,…
[ad_1] All week, we’re republishing some of our favorite Garden Visits that have a personal connection to our writers. No public gardens here, no…
[ad_1] “There isn’t another site like this available anywhere near Portland, Maine,” said Russell Tyson of Whitten Architects, “and it’s the site that makes this house so…
[ad_1] Hindsight is a wonderful thing: After you’ve planted, say, a tree in the wrong spot, everything becomes clearer and more crystallized—including where you…
[ad_1] Too often pathway gaps are neglected and become a home for weeds. But where some may see awkward spaces between stepping stones, I see potential. Plants…
[ad_1] A career in art direction is a useful grounding for anybody wishing to go into garden design. Sheila Jack’s career shift was not…
[ad_1] After all the planning for the garden layout is done, being able to buy (or grow) your plants feels like something of a…
[ad_1] It’s always a good idea to give the gift of courtesy to your neighbors. Even if they’re not the type to fly into…
[ad_1] You’d think choosing plants was easy enough—just find the ones you like, right? And for single specimens in a pot or a monoculture…
