Apartment Therapy: gardening

GeckoStone: Tessellating Concrete Paver Molds

If you have plans to build your own patio or walkway using bricks or pavers, be certain to check out GeckoStone's tessellated, interlocking concrete paver molds. The Do It Yourself concrete molds a...

Faux Bricks, Caring for Orchids, Safe House
NYT House & Home Roundup 2.28.08

Room to Improve: How can I create a faux brick wall in my home? In addition to discussing how to properly use brick veneer convincingly, the article discusses several brands, techniques and new advan...

FarmTek

We saw the catalogue cover and were drawn to it like a moth to flame. While staring at page after page of farm equipment may not be your cup of tea, we have found Farm Tek to be unbeaten for their l...

Jill-able Fill Me Up Vases

We've seen these things around in the past year, but recently stumbled upon this site that ONLY sells them. Jill-able is a little webshop that sells six designs for $8 apiece. These things are reus...

Grounds For Your Garden from Starbucks

Something free for your garden from Starbucks. Their Grounds For Your Garden program offers up free, used coffee grounds for your use in the garden. Just contact your corner Starbucks to learn more. ...

Mothology

Stylish Accessories. We wish we would have known about Mothology when we answered the question, Where does one find Bell Jars? Mothology's collection of vintage-inspired decorative objects is a grea...

Lehman's Non-Electric Catalogue

Green by Design. Lehman's Non-Electric Catalog is a source for green goods that has been around for a long time. With over two-hundred new products "for simple self-sufficient living," and temptingly...

125West.com

A hodge podge of specialty items for the home and garden. That's how we'd best define 125West.com, the online catalog of items that are hard to find in stores. The site is organized by rooms of the h...

Mahvelous Mailboxes & More

While mailboxes are their specialty, Mahvelous Mailboxes also sells a wide variety of home accessories. Most of these are unnecessary for urban apartment dwellers, but I found the selection so intere...

The Cutting Garden

I found The Cutting Garden by chance, advertising their cut and dried lavender on Craigslist. Since then, I have had an extreme desire to visit. The Cutting Garden is owned by Tom and Catherine Mix...

Fedco Co-Op Garden Supplies

From way up in Maine, Fedco is a recommended resource for seeds, trees, moose tubers, bulbs and supplies that are specially adapted to our demanding Northeast climate. They operate entirely by catalog...

Dimitris Garden Center

People swear by Dimitris. Aside from being the largest garden center in NYC, it should go without saying that it's a great thing to have a nursery, meaning the kind where you can buy a shrub or a tre...

Root Stock & Quade

Love the name. We heard about Root Stock & Quade from Guiseppe: This is a lovely little place for pretty much everything. Knowledgeable staff. Bright and cheerful store. Excellent outdoor garden. Sli...

GRDN

Two years old, GRDN continues to inspire. GRDN came about when Susanne Kongoy, a chef, needed supplies for her 5-by-8-foot terrace, and set up shop herself. From that humble beginning, the shop has gr...

Saifee Hardware & Garden

Great for the urban gardener. Everyone says a similar thing about this East Village landmark: great selection, wish the prices were lower. It's all true. Saifee is a remarkable hardware and garden...

The Conran Shop

Please go to our new link for The Conran Shop. Awesome furniture store comes to party, but stands by door. I am sorry, I love Terence Conran's style and his shop, but east 59th street is so out of t...

Grandin Road: Outdoor Furniture & Storage

The suburbs are getting hipper. Let's face it, most of the mail order furniture catalogues that come through the door are full of tasteless junk. In addition to which, all of it is far too big for a...