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...
In the original La Jolla garden, the fernleaf cactus is reaching out to hug everybody, and in the LA garden, the 'Debutante' camellias are just starting to tickle the skies opposite the Meyer lemons that are almost bursting off the branches. You could call this...
That sound you hear? That's our very loud sigh of relief as we wrap up edits on our very. First. Book. Published by Clarkson Potter (also home to Ina Garten, Martha Stewart, and David Chang, and an imprint of Penguin Random House), How to Window...
Florist Eric Buterbaugh is the man who keeps Hollywood in stems. Opulent, modern and rosy, his designs are how fashion and entertainment's top names (Valentino, Gwyneth, Vuitton) say things like thank you, congrats and let's party. Now Eric's making his favorite — and not-so-favorite! — blossoms sing...
With vacation in the air (insert multi-star emoji), the food is sweeter, the bubbly is bubblier, and Monday feels less Mondayish. Here are five things we're digging this week. 1. The Lilo tabletop herb garden with grow light...
My co-Hort Ryan and I are feeling rosy right now as we get ready for our (get ready for this:) twelfth Valentine’s Day together this weekend. Back in 2004 we did the prix fixe thing with steak frites at Jules, followed by wandering in and...
Sometimes you don’t realize how starved a space is for plants until you throw one into the mix. (Where have you been all my life? said the bookshelf to the pothos vine.) Do that, and the next thing you know, you’re installing a whole avalanche...
Wildflowers. They're sweet alyssum, they're art, and they're also a state of mind. I didn’t fully understand the latter until I met my friend Tanwi Nandini Islam, the Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel, Bright Lines, will be published by Penguin in August 2015. We first met...
For the past year, we've been keeping a big secret. It involves air plants, acrylic and Ryan Benoit Design. Believe us, it's been tough to contain the excitement! And tough not to post any photos as we were testing this prototype design. But now the moment...
Something to love about living in/near a busy city: Those moments when you find — amid the concrete hustle and bustle, the glaring hither and thither — a pocket of inspired, fertile serenity. You know, a nook that not only brings you closer to nature...