Kristin Moomey’s latest passion project can be traced to her time spent in the northern Italian city of Genoa. In 1996, she was studying architecture there, enthralled by the port city’s historic ...

Age has a way of changing things. For example, for years, the stone mosaic and flagstone-surrounded firepit patio in our back yard was a focal point for family entertaining. Then the kids grew older ...

I get asked a lot of questions when people tour our garden. And I mean a LOT — of questions and people, both numbering in the thousands. Questions like: "What kind of plant is that?" Note: I tell ...