2023 UPDATE: Pine nut harvesting can have a severe environmental impact. So, in this recipe, we replaced the original pine nuts with crushed pecans. Pecans are more sustainable and, bonus, they're cheaper. Nasturtiums are whimsically scattered across the sunny half of my new garden. (Details on...
It's always been our mission to help you grow more plants in your space, no matter how big or small it may be. So when Garden Gate magazine asked us to participate in this year's Grow Better Garden Summit, we jumped at the chance to...
POST-EVENT UPDATE: There was a lot of rehearsing of the word Schlumbergera over and over again on walks, but the event went off like a dream. Ryan did an edible flowers window box and Chantal filled hers with blooming holiday cactus. Check out the live recording! Folks....
While we were in New York last week, we stopped by The Sill’s Upper West Side garden center to lead a window box plant workshop. Our students were a dream—so curious and ready to plant, and in the end, proud of their creations. We were...
Got houseplants? Wanna put them together in a fun way? Over a glass of wine or two? Well, we'll show you how to do that in our upcoming, in-person workshop! We're teaming up with The Sill to lead an evening where we'll plant—you guessed it—window boxes. Our...
Last fall, I (Chantal) moved to a new place. It's in LA's no-longer-so-hidden gem of Atwater Village, which Barbara Bestor in Bohemian Modern calls "a funny little flat neighborhood just across from Silver Lake." My place has a garden out back with four lofty camellia trees, a...
Here’s something you may already know: Window boxes can be expensive! Not only that, but finding a high-quality (i.e. rot-resistant), perfectly sized window box for your small indoor or outdoor space may be a bigger challenge than actually growing the plants. When we first set...