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ASLA's 2012 Best Residential Landscapes

Each year the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) awards professional awards to the year's best residential landscape designs. We have the winners from this year's competition, from a brilliantly reimagined former rock quarry (above) in Connecticut to a home in Mexico with spectacular outdoor rooms.

I Love This Plant: Drimiopsis

By Jenny Andrews

It is an electric moment to be shaken from musing over the usual offerings at a local garden center by a plant I’ve never heard of before. It’s like hiking in familiar woods and having the compass needle go haywire. In this case, the plant tag combined the words “succulent,” “African” and “hosta” — I had to have it.

Maya Lin's Environmental Art

By Jenny Andrews

Artist and architect Maya Lin's latest work at Mountainville, New York's Storm King Art Center

Restoring Neighborhood Parks in New York

The New York Restoration Project and DelGreco & Company team up to revitalize neglected neighborhood parks in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods throughout the boroughs of New York City

Ferns

Emerging from supporting roles as masses of background greenery, ferns can hold their own as centerpieces, indoors or out.

Exploring Maryland's Gardens

By Margot Amelia

Discover one of Maryland's nearly two dozen public gardens — and where to stay when you visit

D.I.Y. Wreath Centerpiece

By Anna Stockwell

An Artistic Legacy in Flowers

By Lisa Cregan

Bella Meyer, granddaughter of artist Marc Chagall, has been enthralled by flowers since childhood.

Vince Dooley's Garden

By Jessica Mischner

University of Georgia's famed football coach is passionate about two things: football and gardening. In our Q & A, he talks about his biggest gardening challenge: "Trying to keep it up as I acquire more and more space and more plants. My mother used to say, 'Housework is never done.' The same can be said for gardening."

A Cart That Knows How We Roll

By Lindsey Taylor

This chic riff on the Radio Flyer mixes nostalgia with rugged modern materials: marine plywood on an aluminum frame won't mind a little rain, while the synthetic fiber basket stands up to anything you transport, from plants to tools to groceries.