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An Interview with Andrea Nilsen of Nilsen Landscape Design Tell us a little bit about your company and its foundation. Nilsen Landscape Design is a small design firm based in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. I founded the company in 2010 after earning a Certificate of Landscape

An Interview with Andrea Nilsen of Nilsen Landscape Design Tell us a little bit about your company and its foundation. Nilsen Landscape Design is a small design firm based in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston. I founded the company in 2010 after earning a Certificate of Landscape

I spent last weekend in NYC, and though there is so much to see and do there, I only had a few items on my agenda.  The High Line  which I had walked a few times before (in both summer and fall), Bryant Park (which I’d never been to), and a really great dinner out

Every fall I walk through my small garden and gather seeds from my region’s native perennials. I have a little paper lunch bag for each plant (nearly 100), labeled and dated, that I store the seeds in. Sometimes I take a mix of six to 10 carefully selected plants, put them in one bag,

I have a love/hate relationship with forsythia.  It’s blooming right  now and I love that it signals that Spring has finally arrived in New England. If I were honest with myself, though, I’m actually not a huge fan of the plant.  Its yellow, while bright and

As a follow up to my post a few weeks ago on the most nutritious vegetables to grow at home, this week we’ll explore what fruit you can grow in your home garden. The book, Eating on the Wild Side does a great job of examining different fruits and vegetables in terms of how

If you are dealing with water restrictions, have a lackluster irrigation system or simply want to conserve resources, adding plants that don’t get thirsty is a smart way to green up your outdoor space. Yes, you heard that right; I said “green.” Because while replacing lawns with grave

ZeroEnergy Design creates a house that makes as much as it takes.Tired of heating and cooling large, drafty homes, architect Stephanie Horowitz’s clients wanted their new Little Compton retreat to meet aggressive energy standards. Working within their budget, Horowitz followed the rig