The Leopold Bench: Updated

a contemporary color and setting for the aforeposted Leopold bench , by De Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop

Inspired by Nests...

...one of the true delights of the garden. the photography of sharon beals indoor-outdoor chair by gaspardlive pavilion in Berlin children...

I could do this! The Leopold Bench

Aldo Leopold's Sand Country Almanac is, along with Thoreau's Walden , a classic in American ecological literature. In it, Leopold (...

Garden Bookcases

from 'Patio Gardens', by Helen Morgenthau Fox, 1929: "In Spain there is a unique garden ornament not found in any other lands; ...

I could do this! The Home Depot sculptures of Stefanie Nagorka

From the New York Times: "In spring 2002, the sculptor Stefanie Nagorka was walking the aisles of Home Depot in Clifton, looking for c...

Munder Skiles, Re-inventing the Garden Seat

Also lovely, the spare stylings of Munder-Skiles , whose owner is a financial trader turned garden furniture historian and designer, and bas...

'Sit' Bench by Matthias Pliesnnig

I'm not sure it's intended for outdoor use, but oh, to have Matthias Pliesnig's 'sit' bench of steam bent oak in my gard...

California Dreamin' in the Garden

Mentioning California below reminded me of this garden art from the Santa Monica design show, which seems uniquely California-ish...$775 fro...

And speaking of Park Benches...

....this is my favorite design from the results of a contest which "aims at encouraging designers to imagine and create innovative urba...

A Modern Treillage

London-based designers Superblue were inspired by the organic forms of hedgerows to create a 'soft' boundary structure--an undulatin...

Previous Art Installation in Madison Park and the New York Public Library Image Collection

A previous art installation at Madison Park was this high-rise birdhouse, from an 1871 print in the collection of the New York Public Librar...

Cal Lane's Garden Implements

Cal Lane, sculptor and welder, turns ordinary objects into lacy fantasies. With a blow torch. Read more in the New York Times

DIY Parterre de broderie

The embroidered parterre fell out of fashion for good reason...it is hard to think of another garden design so time-consuming and expensive ...

Ruth Moilliet's Garden Sculpture

executed in stainless steel and glass from the artist's statement: “In my work I reflect a childhood dream to be able to shrink in size,...

Old and Beautiful garden stuff

Garden plaque from Kim Fiscus antiques in San Francisco , giant egg cup lead planter from Proler garden antiques , also in California. Bett...

New and beautiful garden stuff

Lighted flower pots by Rob Slewe at Bloom! (from Europe but I've also seen these on ebay...) and garden bench by Thomas Alken (via pan...