Ikea Sneak Peek: New Bamboo Plant Stands and Planters

Coming from Ikea this month: a collection of Satsumas bamboo plant stands for indoor use. We're admiring the simple mix-and-match lines of a five-rung plant ladder, a three-tier plant stand, and a plant table with

DIY: No-Fuss Bonsai for Beginners

While there is no such thing as an effortless bonsai, we are making progress. The rules have changed since bonsai revolutionary Kenji Koyahashi invented keshiki bonsai. Tokyo-based Koyahashi, who teaches workshops for be

Splitleaf Philodendron: Big Plant, Small Apartment

Big tree, tiny apartment: can this relationship be saved? Splitleaf philodendrons are so beautiful. But I think of large plants as existing in the same category as large dogs. There's no space for either in my tiny

10 Easy Pieces: Grow Lights for Indoor Plants

If you have never seen Seasonal Affective Disorder in action, just take a look at a houseplant in winter: sad, droopy, and straining toward a watery shaft of sunlight. This is why people who take their plants seriously

Concrete Planters From Tasi Masi

Australian-born Anna Macoboy has a love affair with plants, gardening, and in recent years the versatile material of concrete. After relocating from Perth to Brooklyn she decided to open Tasi Masi, an online store stocke

9 Secrets to Growing Succulents Indoors

I've killed every succulent I've ever attempted to grow. Things start off well enough, but a few weeks after I bring succulents into my home, they start to look spindly and sad before they give up and die. De

Root System: Ceramic Plant Funnels from Alicja Patanowska

Polish artist and designer Alicja Patanowska spent a year picking up litter on the streets of London so she could study the shapes of tossed-away drinking glasses. Then she created a Plantation collection of ceramic funn

DIY: Pretty and Carefree Paper Plants

Not everyone has a green thumb. Our recommendation? DIY some carefree paper plants with the help of Corrie Beth Hogg. All it takes is a one-time investment of an hour or two, plus some paper, wire, and glue. Hogg is a li

Restaurant Visit: Aussie Style Invades Brooklyn at Brunswick Cafe

"It's a lovely immigration story," says Alexander Hall, who came to the United States "with nothing" eight years ago. Hall grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and has worked for more than 20 ye

Shopper's Diary: A Love Affair with Houseplants at Pistils Nursery in Portland

While Portland, Oregon is still the creative hub of the Northwest, it also is experiencing a housing boom that can only be rivaled by San Francisco’s. Apartment blocks are emerging seemingly overnight and small plant ret

Outbuilding of the Week: Black and White Orangery, Scandi Style

I have a soft spot for spaces covered in windows and filled with plants; in a perfect world, I'd live in a home that closely resembles a greenhouse, with lots of light and lots of green. Swedish designer and entrep

DIY Planters: Macramé Kits from We Are Knitters

Welcome back to the 1970s. Madrid-based We Are Knitters has created a new line of DIY macramé planter kits guaranteed to evoke nostalgia in house plant lovers. The collection includes five DIY kits, customized both for b

Rent-a-Houseplant: The Plant Library Delivers

Imagine how different your living room would look if it were someone else's job to keep the houseplants alive. A new rent-a-houseplant service, Berkeley, California-based The Plant Library, is willing to shoulder t

Shopper's Diary: Conservatory Archives in East London

When Jin Ahn was studying for her horticulture degree at an agricultural college in Essex, she realised that despite her course focus on outdoor landscapes there also was, in cities at least, a need for indoor gardening.

Modern Macramé Knotted Planters for a New Generation

Designed by Lyon, France-based IWWI, macramé hanging planters remind us of the 1970s. In a good way. The macramé-made-modern knotted planters have airy silhouettes and are available either as kits (if you want to make y

Clear Choice: A Glass Globe Terrarium by Designer Richard Clarkson

Brooklyn-based designer Richard Clarkson's goal is to create products that inspire wonder, from a cloud lamp that simulates a thunderstorm to a rotary-dial cell phone. Now the team at Richard Clarkson Design Studio

Basketweave Concrete Plant Pots

I have no trouble falling in love with plants–I bring so many home, like strays, that my family has put a cap on it: five a month. But pots and planters are a different story; it's much harder to find good ones. Or

ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas Zamifolia)

The Z(ee) Z(ee) Plant Zamioculcas Zamifolia or the ZZ plant (say Zee-Zee) is quite an exciting house plant. This is because at the time of writing, the ZZ pl

Yucca Elephantipes (Spineless Yucca / Stick Yucca)

The Bold and Striking Yucca Yuccas are both indoor and outdoor plants. In fact when a lot of people hear the word Yucca they think about one of the

Ficus Benjamina (Weeping Fig)

Weeping Fig The Ficus Benjamina or as its more commonly known, the Weeping Fig, is a common indoor houseplant which comes in multiple different look