Current Obsessions: Curled Up with a Catalog

Cold, where you are? We’re on the sofa with a cup of tea and the Internet to entertain us. Here’s what we’re reading:

• Brazil: “A mini respite in the urban landscape.”
• Here are a few things you can do to help avian neighbors in winter.
• Best plant catalog (in case you’re planning for spring).

• Winter vegetables, 14 ways.
• Olive oil-based body balm is a lifesaver in frigid temps.

• A greenhouse near Taipei, Taiwan doubles as a meditation space and art gallery.
• Not your average treehouse.

• Have you ever seen 100 magnolias in bloom? 

Instagram and Pinterest Pick of the Week

• We’re following a florist and garden designer (@erinbauer) in Buffalo, New York.
• Another floral designer to follow? Take a look at Amy Merrick’s Gardens and Spaces board on Pinterest.

For more from the week on Gardenista, see our A New Start issue and don’t forget to see Remodelista’s first week of 2015.