Hobbiton, or the Shire, where the Hobbits lived in Lord of the Rings, is one way of creating a terraced landscape—a landscape filled with hobbit holes for cinematic hobbits, which is now a tourist attraction and popular with the local sheep. Read More »
Frances Palmer, a master ceramicist and devoted gardener, turns her hand to terra cotta for pottery and urns that can be used inside and out. Read More »
Re-growing your own celery, mirrored vases to show off one special flower stem, $6,000 melons, and more in today's Links We Love. Read More »
The recently adopted official city plant of Los Angeles is the toyon, a red-berried shrub known as California holly (Heteromeles arbutifolia), the one that put the "holly" in Hollywood. Read More »
Contemporary Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger hung flowers, seeds, and branches in a 17th-century church in Venice as part of the 50th Venice Biennale. They called it Falling Garden, a world in which visitors lie in repose on the mausoleum floor, while "the garden thinks for them." Read More »
Williams-Sonoma gets back to the land with a new line of culinary gardening products that includes beehives and chicken coops. Read More »
Why not lure your vegetable crop up toward the sky this year? Arbors and trellises create visual interest and additional acreage for your plants. Read More »
What exactly is the difference between tuteurs, arbors, and trellises? Our illustrated guide. Read More »
There's a modern way to become upwardly mobile: Two new planters for plants that want to reach for the sky. Read More »
Photos of English garden designer Sarah Price's gardens, including her 2007 RHS Chelsea Flower Show entry, "A City Garden," with detailed plant photos, as well as a sketch of Price's plans for her entry in this year's Chelsea Flower Show. Read More »
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