It’s that time of year, when furniture companies roll out their newest spring and summer outdoor pieces. One collection in particular has us thinking of upgrading our own patio lounge furniture: the newly launched Settle line from Copenhagen-based Muuto. Here’s a peek. See also: Steal This Look: Classic Style at a 15th Century Chateau in ..read more

This is part of a series with Perfect Earth Project, a nonprofit dedicated to ecological gardening, on how you can be more sustainable in your landscapes at home. Last month we talked with Evelyn Beaury, a scientist and assistant curator at the New York Botanical Garden’s Center for Conservation and Restoration Ecology, about the dangers ..read more

Martha Stewart’s new gardening book Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing is everything you would expect. It’s comprehensive and beautiful, and its aesthetic leans toward perfectionism.  Photography courtesy of Martha Stewart’s Gardening Handbook. What is surprising is that Stewart, a lifelong gardener, waited so long to release another gardening ..read more

If you grow your own herbs, you are aware that (almost) everything has a season (unless you live in Florida, but even then). But if you grow an evergreen bay tree, you will have learned that fresh bay leaves are a year-round source of fragrance and especially welcome in the months when other herbs must ..read more

Before Sophia Moreno-Bunge became a boldfaced name in the floral design world and attracted a clientele that includes goop, the Proper Hotel in Santa Monica, and the most discriminating private patrons in the L.A. area, she wrote for Gardenista. We are thrilled to have her back in our fold for a short but sweet Quick ..read more

Depending on when you’re reading this, spring is at most five days away (but who’s counting?). To bid winter farewell, we’ve been turning our attention to color-infused rooms, Danish-made pigments, garden mood boards, and more. Read on for a few glimpses of spring to get you through til the real thing. “I was struck by ..read more

The humble hummingbird has always been a pollinator favorite among gardeners, but lately it’s been attracting more (and new) buzz. Katie Tamony, chief marketing officer and trend spotter at Monrovia, tells us she’s been seeing increased interest in drawing hummingbirds to the garden. “I’ve heard it called the next glamour animal—the one they most want ..read more

Anyone who knows British garden designer Jo Thompson’s work will not be surprised by the title of her book, The New Romantic Garden. Over the decades that Thompson has been working as a designer she, has always created atmospheric gardens with a softness and sense of atmosphere and mystery. The 30 gardens that fill the ..read more

Flowering currant is a classic example of a serviceable American plant that, when transported to different continents, takes on a personality that is unrecognizable. In the UK, Ribes sanguineum has an old-fashioned British garden look, primly clothed in pendant racemes of magenta. Traditionally they have been paired to clash with the solid yellows of spring ..read more

Shatta is a vivid, chile-hot condiment—a fermented hot sauce—rooted in the Eastern Mediterranean: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt. It can be either red or green, and in its simplest iteration is deceptively spartan in terms of ingredients: You just need spicy peppers, salt, a little vinegar, and olive oil. And time, to ferment. While garlic ..read more