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Wilder Quarterly
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A quarterly book and blog for contemporary cultivators, fire escape gardeners, rooftop farmers, design junkies and foodies, too.
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Wilder’s Beginnings And Buenos Aires

New food, drink and culture mag, On Plate Still Hungry, spoke with me the other day about the Wilder genesis story. You know… the who, what and why of Wilder Quarterly. The online magazine was ...

2 days ago

In Pictures: Helen Mirren Has Her Very Own Plant

British actress Helen Mirren cracks me up. Pictured: Nepenthes ‘Helen,’ a carnivorous plant named after her, on press day at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011 Pin It

3 days ago

Bringing Up Tomatoes

As we all know, tomatoes like it HOT. It really hit me just how hot when I saw the plant in its native south america growing rampant as a weed. Most of us in the cooler temperate climes are trained t...

4 days ago

On The Salkantay Trail To Machu Picchu

Photographer and writer Morgen Van Vorst has been traveling the world for the last year and documenting every bit of her journey on her site Blue and Yellow. These photos of The Salkantay trail and t...

5 days ago

Say It With Flowers: Memorial Day Origins

Established shortly after the end of the civil war, memorial day was created to give remembrance to fallen veterans. Determining the holiday’s timing were the late spring flowers used to adorn ...

5 days ago

The Wilder Quarterly Summer Cover

Our Summer 2012 cover was shot by Grant Cornett. We hope that Grant and all of you have a fantastic Memorial Day. “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautif...

25 may 12

Documentary: Ghost Bird

I’m not a birder, but last night this doc had me enthralled after just the first few frames.

25 may 12

Remedy In Color

Remedy Quarterly is a food magazine based in Brooklyn, NY. I’ve become a huge fan of its themed issues and content based on people’s food memories and the recipes that they love. It’...

24 may 12

Meet Monica

Wilder Quarterly’s fantastic Art Director, Monica Nelson, was recently featured on W-O-W. She deserves it. From the interview: Was it easy to shift from art direction in the fashion world to a ...

23 may 12

Michael Heizer’s Double Negative

I’m headed to Las Vegas soon and I wanted to find some interesting sights-to-see in Nevada other than the casino lights. That’s how I came across Michael Heizer’s Double Negative (1...

22 may 12

Inspiration: Where do we come from? Where are we going? And Are We alone?

In case you’re near New York, you might want to put this talk on your calendar for tonight: NASA astrobiologist Lynn Rothschild is going to be at Studio-X to discuss the “nature of biolog...

22 may 12

From The 70s To Today: A Conversation With NYC Grower Gerard Lordahl

Imagine 1970s East Village, populated by blown out buildings and vacant lots, when urban gardeners first moved onto the scene in critical mass. Fertilizing the metropolitan detritus were groups like ...

21 may 12

In Pictures: Pat Cleveland’s A Real Rose

70s supermodel Pat Cleveland’s Pictured: Rose (rosa) Pin It

21 may 12

A 23 Year Old Truck Is Just Too Damn Old

  GrowNYC’s is one of my favorite growing non-profits. One reason is their GrowTurck – the mobile lending program that brings tools, donated plants, soil, compost, and lumber to growers ac...

18 may 12

In Pictures: Twiggy In The Wild

    Twiggy, of course. Pictured: Blue plumbago (Plumbago capensis) Pin It

17 may 12

A Note To Our Subscribers

Our heartfelt thanks for helping to make Wilder’s first three issues a tremendous success! As a publication obsessed with the seasons, we have taken to heart that spring is a time of growth and...

17 may 12

The Wilder Quarterly Summer Issue Announcement

. The 2012 Summer issue of Wilder Quarterly takes a look at indie-darling Melanie Lynskey’s passion for home-grown veggies, examines the mystical practice of dowsing and goes foraging for delec...

17 may 12

Things I’d Love To Grow… Sweet Shrub

Although Sweet Shrub (Calycanthus) looks as though it hails from some hot and steamy jungle, it’s native to southeastern part of the USA. And even though its rich red blossoms (smelling sickly ...

16 may 12

In Pictures: Diahann Carroll’s Big Break

  Diahann Carroll as Julia - a groundbreaking sitcom that premiered in 1968. Pictured: Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum) Pin It

15 may 12

Earth Day Dinner At Sunday Suppers

On Earth Day, I had the pleasure of attending a special Sunday Supper – a class-cooking-dining experience, pairing friends and food in Williamsburg Brooklyn. The classes are held in this spare,...

15 may 12

Attracting Bats To The Garden

  When it comes to bats, the majority of us think of leathery winged flying mice. Or maybe you have some kind of sharp-fanged, blood-drenched Dracula association? Although most North American ba...

14 may 12

Wacky Weather + The Case Of The Lilac Blight

Here on the East coast we skipped over winter this year and virtually broke out the bathing suit in early April. Temps reached the mid 80s and all the late spring garden stars like lilac bloomed 3 we...

11 may 12

In Pictures: Maria Callas’ Pause

The one, the only Maria Callas. Pictured: Rose (Rosa) See all of our In Pictures… here. Pin It

10 may 12

Kickstart The Shandaken Project

The Shandaken Project is a community-supported residency program in the Catskills. Beginning this summer, artists, writers, curators, and more will be invited to live and work on their 250-acre groun...

08 may 12

Ramp Pesto Recipe

Ok, so I’ve been hammering hard on edible wild food lately, but what’s a hungry girl to do? It’s SPRING. Now is the get-em-while-it’s-hot smorgasbord season, when shoots and l...

07 may 12

Food Book Art Fair Today!

Hi, We’re going to be hanging out at the Food Book Art Fair today. The first ever event bringing together food publications from around the world alongside a dynamic set of events celebrating f...

05 may 12

Tomorrow: The Night Of The Super Moon

It’s going to be a big party tomorrow night. Cinco de Mayo will play host to the Super Moon when the orb will appear up to 30 percent brighter and 14 percent bigger than normal. According to NA...

04 may 12

Brendom Grimshaw’s Private Island

Trailer for the documentary, A Grain of Sand, about an 86-year old man who in 1962 bought the deserted Moyenne Island. Now 86 years old, Brendon “Grimshaw has planted 16,000 trees and reintrodu...

03 may 12

Spring’s Ephemerals

Trout lily, bloodroot, spring beauty and shooting star. All across the country in April and May, spring’s harbingers emerge for a brief few weeks. On a mission to flower, get pollinated, and se...

02 may 12

Holly Falconer’s Flowers For English Lads

Above is Holly Falconer’s English Lad and English Lass series inspired by Vladimir Tretchikoff. Tretchikoff was a Russian painter who trafficked in the paintings of Asians and Africans. Hugely ...

01 may 12

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