Cara Davies remembers the day the city inspector came to take a final look at her garden before signing off on the building permit: “He came around the…
Read more ‘A Little Bit of Paradise’: A Small Backyard in Napa Valley Bursting with Beauty and Patina – GardenistaSusanna Grant is a garden designer and co-director of Care, Not Capital, with the irrepressible John Little (we wrote about him here). With help from “lots of excellent…
Read more Before and After: From Yard to Garden, London Edition – GardenistaFile this under Seemingly Antithetical but True: The tinier the outdoor space, the more verdant it should be. “We find that minimalist garden strategies work well on large,…
Read more Wild Is Best: A Low-Water, High-Spirit Garden in a Small Footprint for an Architect – GardenistaThe depaving movement has become something of a national sport in the Netherlands, with municipalities competing to see who can remove the most paving from their town each…
Read more Lu La Studio Turns a Parking Lot Into a Multi-functional Rewilded Garden in Somerville, MAStrike one: a house in need of a major renovation. Strike two: a garden in need of love. Strike three: a remodel that left the surrounding landscape decimated.…
Read more A Stunning Garden in North Haven, NY, by DeMauro + DeMauroIn just two weeks, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden lands in bookstores! We are so appreciative of all the interest the book has already generated. As a thank-you, our…
Read more The Low-Impact Garden: Fiona Brockhoff’s Nature-Based Garden on the Mornington PeninsulaWhen a family came to Dirt Queen NYC seeking a backyard makeover, they really just wanted one thing: to be able to use their yard. The existing “garden”…
Read more Ditmas Park Backyard: Dirt Queen Redesigns a Brooklyn Garden to Be More FunctionalThis trash-to-lushness story begins in the small town of Kyritz, Germany, when two creatives, Laura Muthesius and Nora Eisermann, decide to turn a historic apartment building into holiday…
Read more St. Oak’s Courtyard Garden: The Our Foood Stories Bloggers Reveal Their Outdoor RemodelIt’s always a delight to catch up with our friends at the California design studio Terremoto. Talk inevitably ranges beyond the confines of gardens, touching on issues within…
Read more Ojai Gravel Garden by Terremoto: An Interview with David GodshallPost-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 DesignMy clients are often in love with gravel, or at least with the idea of gravel. But as a landscape designer, I have a love-hate relationship with the…
Read more 10 Things Your Landscape Designer Wishes You Knew About Gravel (But Is Too Polite to Tell You) – GardenistaAll week, we’re republishing some of our favorite Garden Visits that have a personal connection to our writers. No public gardens here, no vast estates, no professionally designed…
Read more Lessons Learned: My Gravel Garden that (Almost) Looks After Itself – GardenistaWe are longtime admirers of Austin-based landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck—so much so that her works are featured in both of our books: 2016’s Gardenista: The Definitive Guide…
Read more Christine Ten Eyck: An Interview with the Austin Landscape ArchitectEarlier this week, Remodelista readers were treated to a tour of a row house in Ghent that was was formerly “charmless” and now fresh and chic thanks to…
Read more Urban Garden: A Row House in Ghent Gets a Stunning Makeover, Complete with Green Roof“You have to be a tough to be allowed in.” Lindsey Taylor is explaining how she decides which plants to grow in her cinderblock garden, which is located…
Read more Garden Visit: Mindful Neglect in Lindsey Taylor’s Rambunctious Cinderblock Garden – GardenistaChances are high that over the last two decades, you’ve been influenced at least once by Deborah Needleman, even if you’ve never heard of her. At different times…
Read more Deborah Needleman: An Interview about Gardening with the Editor-Turned-Basket WeaverWe learned this young: When the third little pig chose brick, he knew what he was doing. As a building material, brick has stood the test of time.…
Read more Brick Patios: The Pros and Cons of Choosing Brick for Outdoor FlooringEvery time we come across an edible landscape designed by Oakland-based Leslie Bennett, we are struck by the magic and beauty she brings to something as practical as…
Read more Leslie Bennett: An Interview with the Founder of Pine House Edible GardensWhat happens when a Japanese-style garden meets the southern California desert? For the very Zen results, let’s visit a serene gravel courtyard that landscape architecture firm Terremoto designed…
Read more Landscape Architecture Design for a Desert Climate: A Zen Garden in Santa MonicaHave you ever swam in a natural swimming pool? There’s no chlorine, no chemical taste or smell, nothing to sting your eyes. Recently architect Alan Barlis, who designed…
Read more Hardscaping 101: Natural Swimming Pools – Gardenista
