It’s Spring Training week at Gardenista, and Michelle and team have pointers on everything from adding a pattern to your landscape to how to “catapult your garden into a previous century.” Just want to behold some seasonal beauty? They’ve got that covered too.
Above: This week’s installment of the Novice Gardener: Is It Safe to Eat Food Grown with Urban Water? Photograph by Liesa Johannssen for Gardenista.
- How to get that mossy patina on pots and planters that gives the garden a weathered charm? Go to 10 Easy Pieces for instant gratification options plus a DIY recipe.
- It’s time to liberate the outdoor furniture. Learn how to best Clean and Care for Metal Furniture and Wicker in Hardscaping 101. Photograph by Hufton & Crow for Gundry & Ducker.
- In this week’s Garden Visit, meet Katrin Scharl and her Bountiful Brandenburg Garden, which she transformed from a weedy wasteland—while she herself evolved from amateur to expert horticulturalist. Photograph by Nicola Holtkamp of Im Augenblick.
- Meadow gardening, anyone? Take a look at this week’s Required Reading.
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