Considered "the most influential garden designer of the past 25 years," Dutch plantsman Piet Oudolf has done for perennial gardening what artist Leonard Ko

India-based architectural studio The White Room, run by Nitin Barchha and Disney Davis, uses minimal design and natural materials to create clean spaces bursting with plant life. In their recent project Garden Room the pair created a white and slate green sculptural setting that presents a calming segue from interior to outdoor space. The one bedroom apartment located in the Mumbai suburb of Pali Hill is teeming with vines and hanging plants that create a protective barrier from the outside world. More

The winner of the Gardenista Considered Design Awards Best Professional Landscape is Adam Woodruff & Associates of St. Louis, Missouri. Their project

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... the condition of the paintwork and siding, the roof, the driveway, the front door, and even the mailbox and house number. First impressions last.

When I came across the image above, I was arrested. It might have been the rust colored, mid-century velvet sectional, seemingly at odds with an outdoor setting; perhaps it was the towering ferns that created the Avatar-like canopy above it or the contrast of the lush greenery punctuated by the tawny red accents. It was likely the combination of all of these elements that struck me as otherworldly and I confess, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I like being surprised by design, particularly in the garden. Designing a beautiful indoor space presents it's own challenges, yet feels somewhat more natural or familiar. But taming an unruly garden can sometimes seem like an entirely new frontier altogether, akin to the wild west. We are after all, working with living, breathing species out there, coaching and cajoling them into performing the way we need them to in order to achieve our overall design plan. Considering that, it's even more remarkable when you see results as in the image above. But the story behind the designer is just as surprising as the landscapes he designs. Art Luna has long been a top LA hairstylist to A-List celebrities like Reese Witherspoon, Diane Lane and Kirsten Dunst, who have visited his Santa Monica salon since opening in 1995. Looking to make his salon unique, he blended his love of gardening with his business and created an lush waiting area on the patio garden outside his back doors. As he grew his salon business, his celebrity clientele would bring him gardening books and accompany him to local nurseries where he cultivated his expertise in garden design. He also attended lectures and took inspiration through travel, visiting some of the great gardens in Europe. He used his own home garden as a testing ground for hard to find exotics and began honing his own style. Eventually, he was hired by Beverly Hills socialites and salon clients to transform large expanses of untamed hillside properties where eventually, he developed his signature aesthetic: indoor-outdoor living that is exotic, free-flowing, yet structured with a touch of flamboyance. He officially opened his own design studio, Art Luna Garden, and now grooms remarkable gardens for the same celebrity roster that visits his renown salon. Talk about reinvention. Luna uses unexpected elements in his designs. Here, crystals take shade underneath a canopy of Japanese Maples. Image sources: Art Luna Garden From Moon to Moon For more photos + inspiration from Lisa Eisner's garden (top image), check out these articles: WMagazine Garden Design CMagazine

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Who doesn't feel the pull of a walled-off space - the need to get in there and find out what's going on? A secret garden is romantic.

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This is simply one of the most joyful gardens we've ever seen. More than 20 years ago, Anna and Allan Joyce (a landscape architect and architect, respectiv

Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.

This is simply one of the most joyful gardens we've ever seen. More than 20 years ago, Anna and Allan Joyce (a landscape architect and architect, respectiv

1. For those with an appreciation for Striped Awnings A little booklet from 1923, found on the Internet Archive. 2. The 1956 Inter 175A Berline Micro Car The Inter was designed and built by an aircraft company. The French engineers at S.N.C.A.N. (Societe Nationale de Construction AeroNautique) had applied all they knew from plane design…

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One of my favorite places in Massachusetts is the Berkshires. Besides its obvious beauty it is filled with old world charm, quaint shops, classic New England Bed and Breakfast, and thriving arts institutions. It's stunning vistas are perfection year round but Fall foliage viewing brings leaf peepers from all over the country. It is the perfect surroundings for a couples dream wedding and a weekend get away for your guest. The Covid pandemic has changed how weddings can operate currently and in t

Take a tour of this 18th century farmhouse manor in Provence, France where we recently spent a week with 25 friends ...just try to keep it a secret.

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