We may think that garden rooms are a relatively new feature in garden design, but they actually go back a long way in garden history to the hortus conclusus — the enclosed garden. The Hortus conclusus started in the ancient gardens of... more »

A group of Seattle designers, neighbors and city officials have upped the community gardening ante with the city's first large-scale community garden on top of a 50-year-old parking garage. Somewhere out there, Joni Mitchell is smiling. Eating... more »

Lisa Lee Benjamin wants you and everyone you know to get excited about the bugs that live in your city. Through the creation of urban habitats, she hopes to make room for the flora and fauna we need for a healthy environment — and encourage people... more »

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Zurich, Switzerland, was MFO Park in the Neu-Oerlikon District, an industrial area transformed with residential housing, offices and schools. The park sits among the new buildings, and it is a building in its... more »

In Boston, where heritage is king, landscape designer Matthew Cunningham strikes a balance between historical reverence and thoughtful simplicity with a revamped 415-square-foot entry courtyard. “My goal... more »

Spring has just sprung in Chicago, where I live. We've had a very cold, wet spring, and it just seemed to take forever to get going. I'm a kitchen designer, but gardening is my second love. We did all the gardening design and work ourselves on our farmhouse... more »

Green walls are increasingly popular in architecture as the methods improve for creating them, sustaining them, and incorporating them into buildings. Pieces of vertical green tend to two types: vines climbing up a special armature; or walls incorporating... more »

For outdoor lovers and botanical admirers, winter can be a challenging season. But for the folks at Flora Grubb Gardens in San Francisco, the challenge only fuels their creativity... more »

Everything from cinnamon basil to California lilac grows in Caitlin and Owen Black's backyard in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighborhood. The co-owners of Aloe Designs use this space as a test garden for their... more »

Urban gardens may have started as a way to link us to our rural roots, but we now can turn to the cities themselves for garden inspiration. Designers and gardeners are creating spaces that are doing more than just replacing asphalt with plants — they're... more »

I love growing container gardens and keep many of them throughout my landscape. While I love the instant gratification of a 4-inch starter pot, buying dozens of them to fill all those containers gets expensive. One way to combat this is starting a number... more »

Have you ever heard that anything that grows in the ground can be grown in a container? That's true, even for roses. While potted roses have additional watering and fertilizing requirements, they are wonderful for patios, decks and balconies, making them... more »

The owner of a new coffee shop in Philadelphia's Point Breeze area hired artist and designer Becky Bourdeau to create an open urban garden space and inviting seating areas in an abandoned garbage-strewn plot out back. Now a garden of tough but beautiful... more »

There's a moment in the 2002 Charlie Kaufman film Adaptation, which is based on Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief, when the toothless orchid hunter wades through chest-high swamp water in search of a rare varietal called the Ghost Orchid.... more »