Current Obsessions: Hit Refresh

On our list this weekend: a much anticipated new book, peak cherry tree season, a new tile line, and more:

• It’s rhubarb season in the workshop of artist and designer Jess Wheeler.
• “Two reasons to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend,” reports Fan: “It’s peak cherry blossom time, AND Terrain just opened a new store at the visitor center.” Info here.
• Tiles made from… volcanic stone.
• Of Beyond the Meadows: Portrait of a Natural and Biodiverse Garden by Krautkopf, Fan writes: “That the book is brimming with gorgeous images isn’t all that surprising given its authors, German homesteaders Susann Probst and Yannic Schon, are professional photographers. What is unexpected, and delightful, is how much they’ve chosen to share about their experience as new homesteaders.” Take a look inside the book—in which the couple “really get into the weeds,” Fan says—in this week’s Required Reading on Gardenista.
• On spring gardening chores with the director of horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
• We’re eyeing a new furniture collection from Erica Tanov. And in related news, stop by the Studio for Japanese Ceramics & the Art of Sake next Saturday, April 27 from 1-5 p.m.; 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA. RSVP to [email protected].
• A stainless steel cabinet, coming soon.
• And in praise of wonky staircases.