Gardens

Halloween is the one time of year when a garden is allowed to look a little sinister. Black leaves, rattling seedheads, twisted branches and a pumpkin

There is a particular pleasure in walking out with a bucket and snips and coming back with an armful of flowers you grew yourself. A cutting

Most gardens go to sleep at sunset. A moon garden wakes up. As the light drains away, red and purple flowers sink into the dark, but

An English garden feels settled in a way few other styles do. Clipped hedges hold back a tumble of roses and perennials, paths wander toward a

Plant a perennial once and it rewards you for years, dying back each winter and rising again every spring a little larger than before. That is

When you run out of floor, look at your walls. A bare fence, a blank side return, a balcony rail, even a stretch of brick beside

A courtyard is a garden with walls on every side, and that enclosure is its gift rather than its limit. Sheltered from wind, warmed by the

A balcony is small, exposed, and often the only outdoor space an apartment offers, which is exactly why it matters so much. With a few pots

A slope can feel like the problem that rules your whole garden. Water runs off it, mowers slide on it, soil washes down it, and the

There is a particular kind of tension in a garden you can be seen from. You want to read, eat, or simply sit with a coffee,