Gardenista

3 days ago | gardenista.com | Laura Fenton

Flower-focused books have become enormously popular in recent years—and with good reason: Who doesn’t want to flip through a book filled with beautiful blossoms? The latest addition to the genre, ceramicist Frances Palmer’s new book, Life with Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden, might be the most soulful flower book yet.

5 days ago | gardenista.com | Kendra Wilson

Sometimes it just takes a color, or a repositioning of a label, to elevate an item from great to need-to-have-now. The new iteration of Niwaki’s classic pouch, part of a collaboration with the Newt in Somerset, is more covetable than even the ultimate tool bag. It’s my new purse, or as my mother used to call it, pocketbook. Or as Brits call it, handbag. Whichever, part of its appeal is that it can be diagonally strapped across the body and worn around town, without making me look like a tourist.

1 week ago | gardenista.com | Laura Fenton

The new book Glorious Gardens by Dara Caponigro, the editor in chief of Frederic Magazine, features a particular type of garden. Each of the 21 gardens in the book belongs to a prominent interior designer—and it shows. The gardens are composed with the same precision and care as the perfectly tailored rooms these designers create in their professional life. They are all impossibly beautiful, clearly the work of trained professional aesthetes (often in collaboration with landscape designer peers).

1 week ago | gardenista.com | Marie Viljoen

Too often, the term “groundcover” elicits a yawn. These low-growing plants are viewed dismissively, either as an obligatory filler for blank spaces, or as an institutional camouflage for exposed soil. But with a little attention and the appropriate choice for your growing conditions, the right groundcover can be a source of exquisite horticultural interest in its own right.

1 week ago | gardenista.com | Fan Winston

Below, our florals-focused Mother’s Day gift guide for the mothers and grandmothers in your life who never tire of pointing out flowers on your walks together; who celebrate (and comfort) with bouquets; who once considered naming you Poppy or Leaf, Rose or Valerian; who can make grocery store blooms look like a million bucks… (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) You need to login or register to view and manage your bookmarks.