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...
Ah, autumn in New York—there's a reason Billie sang about it. Especially those first few crisp days! It's a feeling you wish you could bottle up and uncork all year long as needed, like, say, when the February snow won't shovel itself, or when you're...
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...
Hosted every fall in New York by Better Homes & Gardens, the Stylemaker conference brings together lifestyle bloggers, Instagrammers, photographers, writers, consultants and other creative types from around the world. True to form, it was a day packed with illuminating talks and crowd-pleasing dishes. And...
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...
You know that feeling a garden can give you—when you're wandering around and suddenly you have to remind yourself what town/city you're even in? That's the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Just outside Los Angeles, its campus encompasses a library with more than...
Earlier this summer, I (Chantal, hi) spent a weekend in Seattle. I was there for the Slow Flowers Summit, a one-day mindmeld dedicated to U.S.-grown flowers and the people who farm, garden, and design with them. The SURF Incubator space had eye-popping views of the...
Dear readers, we’ve missed you. Thank you for your notes and your “Where the phlox are you?!” emails over the last few months. Yes, the blog was mostly quiet this last summer...
It's Shark Week, everybody! We're honoring this hallowed summer tradition by spotlighting our favorite garden chompers, carnivorous plants. Welcome...
