Exceptional taste lives outdoors with Veranda’s guide to alfresco elegance. Experience the majesty of nature, from sprawling gardens to intimate courtyards, and take a tour of the world’s most enchanting outdoor spaces. Stylish furnishings, fine dining, and luxury travel all receive outdoor treatment as Veranda’s experts provide advice and inspiration for gardening, entertaining, decorating, and vacationing in the open air. Become acquainted with poolside glamor, seaside recreation, and mountainside tranquility as you immerse yourself in breathtaking natural landscapes. With exquisite attention to detail and an appreciation for the finest things in life, Veranda brings you the very best of outdoor living.
VERANDA The BEST of OUTDOOR LIVING
STEP INTO SERENITY
IN THE GARDEN • TAKE IN BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPES THAT HIGHLIGHT THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
CONTEMPORARY CULTIVATION • From upscale wellness gardens to travel-inspired designs, experts define the emerging garden trends that will inspire your landscape.
GARDEN of EDEN • A pair of passionate plantsmen turn their 18th-century 11-acre farm in New England into a brilliant botanical laboratory.
BOTANICAL KINGDOM
THE ART of TOPIARY • Famed British garden designer Arne Maynard trumpets the ornamental majesty of sculpted shrubbery.
JUST A LITTLE OFF THE TOP… • From straight-line geometrics to the whimsical and downright humorous, a study of the top cast of topiary characters
DIGGING DEEPER • Can the garden save us? Nature has the power to ascend over dark and challenging terrain—and change life as we know it.
Return of the Natives
SEEDING A MOVEMENT
the SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN GARDEN • California is reimagining the yard and seeding a new waterwise approach to landscaping around the nation.
Giant Agave
GARDENING FORWARD • The key to successful, sustainable cultivation, says landscape architect Anooshey Rahim, is rooted in your local climate, not an imagined ideal.
FORCES of NATURE • From scholars to stewards of the land, these five horticultural visionaries are forging new paths to tomorrow’s garden.
BE OUR GUEST • YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE FINEST GARDEN PARTIES AND CHICEST SOIREES IN THIS TOAST TO OUTDOOR ENTERTAINING. NO NEED TO RSVP—SIMPLY TURN THE PAGE TO MEET YOUR GRACIOUS HOSTS.
ESTATE of GRACE • Zoë de Givenchy welcomes guests to the grounds of Le Jonchet, her family’s 16th-century manor in the French countryside.
Alƒresco EXUBERANCE • In California, open-air fetes call for relaxed joie de vivre, globe-trotting color, and a masterful mix of high and low.
LUNCHEON in Living Color • The classic garden party scheme—blue, green, and pops of pink—takes a fanciful turn on Stephanie Booth Shafran’s spectacular spring table.
GARDEN TO TABLE
TOASTING THE Sunset • An adventurous pair of outdoor-living pioneers turns breezy suppers into a bona fide sea journey aboard their Westport yacht, serving cool Caribbean favorites—and plenty of cocktails.
DINING OUT • The essential outdoor “set” is back in refined silhouettes and materials that call for an everyday approach to alfresco, no reservations required.
FLORAL DELIGHTS • LIFE IS IN FULL BLOOM WITH THESE EXQUISITE BOUQUETS, ARTFUL ARRANGEMENTS, AND COLORFUL GARDENS THAT CELEBRATE THE JOY OF FLOWERS.
RETURN of the ROSE • West Coast floral aficionados Danielle Dall’Armi and Bill Hahn turn full-bodied, full-fragrance roses into their niche crop, far from the flowers’ well-pedigreed playground in the English countryside.
FOLLOW THE SCENT
CUTTING CLASS • British royalty’s go-to floral designer offers a character-filled lesson in the art of flower arranging.
MIX MASTER •...
