Listen up! Your weeds are trying to tell you something. Like all varieties of plants, individual weeds thrive in particular conditions. Some like it dry, others moist. Some…
Read more Weed Wisdom: What 10 Common Weeds Are Trying to Tell You – GardenistaWhen Jane Orvis and Steve Hanson bought their 1950s house in Seward Park, Seattle, they kept the original pink-tiled bathroom. But what about the mid-century shrubbery, arranged around…
Read more Before & After: Should It Stay or Should It Go? In Praise of Inherited Plants (And Soil, And Concrete) – Gardenista3. 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 PropertyThe 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 SpringThe name The Wild Yards Project tells you a little about its founder David Newsom’s journey over the last seven years: It started out as a project. A…
Read more Wild Yard Project: David Newsom’s Mission to Re-Wild LandscapesFor months, from early spring to the edges of summer, ground ivy’s tubular blue flowers announce its (often resented) presence in sunny lawns or in the high shade…
Read more Ground Ivy: This Pretty Weed that Grows on Lawns Is EdibleAngus and Charlotte Buchanan—the co-founders of London-based creative design studio, Buchanan Studio—both grew up in the English countryside. Angus has vivid memories of entire seasons spent outdoors: “My…
Read more Angus and Charlottte Buchanan’s Outdoor Living Room and Kitchen in LondonThis 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 home. …
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