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Smith & Hawken Closing!!!!

While on the hunt for some Adirondack-style chairs (more on that tomorrow), we happened to cruise by the Smith & Hawken website and were surprised to find it no longer active. Turns out it was ann...

From Sprawling Sidewalk to Neighborhood Garden
Dwell Magazine

Ever wish you could turn even just a smidgen of the wide expanse of concrete in front of your house into some green space? Local architect Jane Martin did, but instead of just wishing, she made it hap...

Look! Overflowing Flower Boxes

After checking out Met Home's Modern by Design house we took a walk through the surrounding Pacific Heights neighborhood. If you're not familiar with the area, it can be summed up in a word - wow. Th...

Flickr Find: Balcony of Succulents

Can you tell we're on a bit of a succulent kick lately? If you have one of those awkward balconies that isn't quite wide enough for a chair but still deserves some attention, why not emulate this look...

Five Colorful Plant Containers We Love

click thumbnails for larger picsAlthough we deeply appreciate the bright dose of green plants bring to an interior, we also enjoy an equally colorful pot in which to hold them. Here are a few of our ...

Look! Space Saving Watering Can

We blame our love of watering cans on our Grandmother, who used one nearly every day. We've since learned that although they are quite handy, they can be a small pain to store. Their long spouts al...

Etsy Finds for Starting a Small Garden

click thumbnails for larger picsLast weekend's unseasonably warm weather got us itching to get outdoors and garden. No, we don't have a yard for planting, but that hasn't stopped us and it shouldn't ...

Inspiration: Vertical Gardens

Inspired by the tillandsia wall garden at the Bardessono Hotel that we featured recently on Apartment Therapy, we have been trying to figure out how we could do something similar on our balcony. The s...

Easy Container Gardens
Sunset Magazine

The buzz of the new season and the warm weather it has (finally!) brought has us thinking of our little balcony garden - and ways to beef it up asap. Real Simple must have read our mind, as their tips...

Decorating Outside

Sadly, not our apartment.As apartment dwellers, we usually don't have much outdoor space with which to work. But regardless of size, most every home has at least a windowsill that could house a flower...

Design Talk by Fritz Haeg of Edible Estates

If the exceptionally dry weather this summer has a positive side, it's that it causes people to rethink their outdoor area and how much water is needed to sustain it. For those in dry climates with sh...

Look!: Yellow Planters at Flora Grubb

We stopped by Flora Grubb the other day and were tickled by these bright yellow planters. A large one would be perfect for a dwarf citrus tree of some type (lemon would be very nice), but we ended up ...

Flora Grubb

There's a little oasis out in the middle of the last place you'd expect it to be (Bayview), and it's wooing all sorts of gardeners - thumbs shades of green to, um, less so - to trek down and get inspi...

Non-Toxic Solution for Aphids

We recently read an article about nasturtiums on our sister site, The Kitchn. Most of the comments seemed to focus on finding a non-toxic way to get rid of the aphids that inevitably seem to come to f...

Caring for Plants While on Vacation
Real Simple

We'll preface this by saying that all tips in this article also work for those who, ahem, aren't necessarily on vacation, but need a little help remembering to water the plants, just the same....

Potted Vegetable Gardens
Domino Magazine

As city dwellers, we often lament our lack of garden space. Now especially, when all sorts of plants are beginning to bear their fruits, we start trying to figure out a way to have our own little harv...

What to Do in Your Garden Now
Sunset: April 2008

Despite our best intentions (and our overzealous purchasing at the nursery), we've been resigning ourselves lately to the possibility that our green thumb is, in reality, a few shades darker. But our ...