Before In a city where private outdoor space is at a premium, sometimes the best solution is to go vertical, converting roof space into usable square footage for a garden. This transformation from Su...
For those of us with little room to garden, these crocheted hanging vases open up a whole new world of plant positioning! They are adorable and so versatile! We are dying to hang some up around our ho...
We've heard a lot about dumpster pools lately but what dumpster gardens? For the urban dweller, this is a great alternative to the rooftop garden. Plus, it's a perfect way to reuse and recycle an ab...
We love terrariums, and are super interested in their many manifestations. These, in particular, are super sleek and beautiful twists on the standard dome format......
Rooting a plant in water allows you to add more green around the house without buying more plants. Simply take a clipping from an existing plant and place it in water......
Our yard is looking sparse these days. I can see the neighbors house a bit too well for my liking. Let’s plant trees! With so many to choose from, it is hard to know where to begin......
Our friend Seth Boor, an amazing local architect, is blogging a new project we're so excited to share. Shedsploitation explores the design of tiny backyard sheds, small enough to build without permits...
Clearly we're a bit obsessed with Woolly Pockets gardens; we've brought them to your computer from one end of town to the other. Now there's a new one you've got to see, at Shotwell boutique in the Un...
Gardeners relate to our planet more intimately than most, with their hands in the dirt and their eyes on the weather. So who better to speak to environmental concerns like climate change? The Late Sho...
(Welcome to Olivia from Portland. She is the first of a group of bloggers trying out for a place on the Apartment Therapy editorial team, covering different cities in the Northwest. Comments welcome!)...
In the past we've admired the Woolly Pocket vertical gardening system, but this sleeker, more streamlined take on the vertical garden, from designer Maruja Fuentes, passed us by after its debut at the...
Whenever we pass this lovely front garden on neighborhood walks with the pooch, we stop to admire the simple do-it-yourself solution employed to enhance the garden's Asian look and feel......
This chic and modern courtyard at the home of garden designer Suzanne McKevitt contains a few fun, unexpected choices. When we came across the garden on Sunset magazine's blog, Fresh Dirt, we studied ...
Now that August is winding to a close, our outdoor party days are numbered, but if we were going to squeeze in one last garden soiree, this would be it. The Etsy handmade blog, The Storque, partnered ...
Last night, while waiting for a table at Nopalito in the Western Addition, we spotted this adorable little succulent garden tucked between a row of tables and the glass wall of their enclosed patio. A...
Name: Jim Kumiega Location: SoMa, San Francisco The entrance to Jim Kumiega's garden is down a long dark hallway from the street. At first to creep down a tunnel like this in SoMa feels like a bad...
Have you noticed the new plantings on the Guerrero Street median lately? The median between 20th and 24th, which was planted last December, is just going crazy with purple blooms from this gorgeous, p...
Mulching the soil surface in your potted plants or garden does a lot more than provide a nice, finished appearance. Reasons to mulch and some alternatives to chipped wood below the jump:...
If you love gardens and you aren't yet a regular reader of Stephen Orr's blog, What Were the Skies Like, then we highly recommend you remedy that situation right away. A former editor of the late Hous...
Whenever we have visitors in town we make sure to take them over to Paxton Gate in the Mission. The selection of biological oddities and botanical beauties is so unique, so quintessentially San Franci...
Proving that there are many folks far more resourceful than ourselves, The Oregonian featured this handy way to reuse an old croquet cart, for which the actual croquet set had long been missing piec...
LA's Woolly Pockets seem to be cutting a wide (green) swath across San Francisco. Yesterday we showed you some hanging from the ceilings at Flora Grubb, and today we find them adorning the walls at Mi...
We've written about the Woolly Pocket Garden Company on Apartment Therapy before, so you've probably seen the super-swanky photos of their product, complete with hot models and equally hot interiors. ...
There's nothing more satisfying than watching a garden grow in and mature over the course of several years. I also fully sympathize, however, with the desire to plant a garden that pops up in a few mo...
While we love the concept of a vertical garden, which of course is perfect for small outdoor spaces, we haven't really come across a good, workable DIY method that doesn't require super-landscaper or ...
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