Your Garden: High Design the Easy Way
Who knew that one of of the easiest landscape design moves could also be one of the most elegant? Not only an implementation to be relegated to farms and fields, massing is a design tool that transcends all styl
Whether your tastes are for Andy Goldsworthy large-scale, site-specific works, or are geared toward pink flamingos, outdoor sculptures are always a surprising delight. Sculptures can make a very dramatic stateme
Houzz Tour: Indoor-Outdoor Harmony Over the Pacific
On a bluff above the Pacific Ocean in Aptos, California, sits a beautiful modern home where the architecture, landscape, and dramatic site exist in perfect harmony. The view, the sea air, sounds, microclimates a
Out in the Yard: 10 Private Retreats
Escaping to your garden for some relaxation after a long day at the office sounds like the start of a perfect evening, doesnt it? Most backyards and patios tend to have a table to eat at or bench to sit on, but
Landscape Trends: Bocce Ball Courts
When I recently interviewed Landscape Architect Randy Thueme, he explained that a large part of the built landscape we were touring was centered around a bocce ball court. I was certain there could not be too ma
Interview: 10 Secrets to a Stunning Outdoor Room
It makes total sense that Sandy Koepke started her career in interior design — her outdoor spaces all feel so comfortable and inviting, theyre like a true extension of the home itself. After drooling over Koepke
Ornamental Grasses in the Landscape
In case you havent met, please allow me to introduce you to ornamental grasses. These plants come in many varieties, and when they are native and planted in the correct microclimates, they can be very low mainte
Have you been staring at same barren bit of backyard dirt for the past year? Hey, weve all been there. You say youre too busy, admit youre lazy, argue you dont have enough space, or maybe think youre just terrib
Outdoor Design: Save that Tree!
As the temperature rises, so does the desire to spend more time outside. Two of the best elements that make for the most enjoyment outdoors, one natural and one architectural, are trees and decks. The former pro
When the weather starts to hint at summer, its difficult not to daydream of backyard picnics and poolside afternoons. But if youre a beginning gardener, and your garden is in an eternal state of winter hibernati
Get the Look: Spanish-Mediterranean Courtyard
As the weather warms up, many of us are thinking about how to spruce up our outdoor areas for lounging, parties and dinners outside. Spanish-Mediterranean courtyard gardens provide plenty of inspiration. These
Garden Inspiration From New Yorks New High Line
I just got back from a visit to New York, where one of my first and favorite stops was the new expansion to the High Line, a stretch of elevated train track transformed into a greenway along New York Citys West
In just about all types of architecture — be it houses, office buildings, museums, you name it — green roofs are more popular everyday. The benefits of having a living roof versus a non-porous flat roof are nume
Garden Tour: Three Levels of Outdoor Living
It’s a sign of a successful design and skilled designer when it’s difficult to determine where a homes architecture ends and the landscape begins. For landscape architecture firm Secret Gardens of Sydney, a hill
Houzz Tour: A Tale of Two Pool Houses
While most of us can only dream of having a pool, much less a pool house, it sure is fun to fantasize about having one someday, isnt it? Pool houses and other secondary buildings are great places to play with r
Inspired Designs for Sloped Lots
My last ideabook looked at interiors with level changes, most connected by a few steps within fairly open living spaces. Let’s move outdoors to look at the same basic theme, since it is summer and that is where
Garden Edging: Clean Lines for Your Landscape
An edging in your landscape helps give your yard a cleaner, more manicured look. It defines spaces, and helps keep lawns from creeping into flower beds, weeds out of vegetable gardens, and plants from spilling o
Green walls are increasingly popular in architecture as the methods improve for creating them, sustaining them, and incorporating them into buildings. Pieces of vertical green tend to two types: vines climbing u
Your Yard: Are You Ready to Lose the Lawn?
Many of us spend countless hours, dollars and patience on a perfectly kept lawn. Watering needs can be high, fertilizing can get costly and mowing and weed whipping can take anywhere from minutes to hours, depe
Garden Tour: Edith Whartons The Mount
Earlier this week we explored the newly restored interior of The Mount, Edith Whartons Berkshires home. Now its time to explore the grounds! Wharton completed a European grand tour and subsequently penned a book
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