Updated March 6th, 2021: Order your vertical gardening kits today at SkyPots.com. It's been six years now since we published the original DIY project for Whole Foods's Dark Rye magazine. The project didn't even have a name at the time. Better Homes & Gardens then picked...
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...
This post contains affiliate links, which means we receive a small commission from purchases on the products we recommend below. Thanks for helping us grow! Movie night under the stars — in our own garden — is one of our favorite luxuries. The tips of our...
Where in the world have we been these past few weeks? Good question. What we thought would be a one-week-or-so-break ended up stretching for a month, and we're sorry to leave you hanging! Ryan and I have been traveling (to Kona, Hilo and Seattle; not bad gigs),...
Let's just say that Ryan Benoit, my partner-in-everything-actually, brings a lot to the table. Among them: plants. You might already know that he’s been designing beautiful living tables for some time now. Back in 2008 I’d proposed we create a living wall of succulents after seeing a...
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...
If there’s one plant — one group of plants — that equally amazes and weirds out visitors to our place, it’s our collection of carnivores. We’ve written about them before: how some entrap their prey passively with intoxicating nectar and slippery surfaces, others with chomping showmanship,...