Photos courtesy of the New York Botanical Backyard The New York Botanical Garden’s treasured orchid show returns this month for its 20th 12 months. Made by guest artist Lily Kwong, The Orchid Display: Purely natural Heritage transforms the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with 1000’s of orchids and a fantastical landscape encouraged by historic Chinese garden design […]
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Minimalist by design with an emphasis on the bare essentials of nature, Zen gardens are prized for their calming and de-stressing effects. By stripping away worldly distractions and focusing on sophisticated simplicity, these spaces offer beauty and low maintenance in any area. Your design can be personalized by adding just […]
Growing in Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center’s vegetable garden—a living canvas of leafy greens and vibrant heirloom tomatoes—a slender, fingerlike purple pepper caught Jalen Cunningham’s artistic eye. “What’s that one?” Cunningham asked Horticulture Center Director Jessica Chambers ’93. Jalen Cunningham’s vegetable garden design. “It’s a buena mulata pepper,” Chambers said […]
Robert McKinley’s furniture and lighting collection is inspired by Italian craft Inspired by his Italian heritage, American interior designer Robert McKinley launches the Monea collection of furniture and lighting The interior designer Robert McKinley has certainly had a hand in defining the look of contemporary New York. Well known for his […]
For a designer like Celeste Grow, who wants each client’s personal tastes to inspire the interiors she creates, it helps when a homeowner has a distinctive point of view. So when Jamie Solveson and her husband, Pete, asked Grow to transform their Boulder home’s 1990s-era bathroom into something current and […]
Edra’s outdoor furniture is an ode to the sea Designed by long-term collaborator Jacopo Foggini, the ‘A’mare’ collection of outdoor furniture mimics shiny water Paying tribute to the sea, Jacopo Foggini designed the ‘A’mare’ collection for Italian furniture brand Edra. Composed of handcrafted pure polycarbonate sticks, the collection comprises outdoor chairs, […]
