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May 7, 2011 is the date for the popular Venice Garden & Home Tour.I’ve heard rave reviews about the annual Venice Garden and Home tour from horticulture professionals and garden aficionados. Take advantage of this chance to get up-close and personal with the unique character of the Venice canals, from jaw-dropping, designer-chic decor and fetching architecture, to kooky bungalow-style. The tour is a fundraiser for NYA’s Las Doradas Children’s Center. Continue reading Venice Garden and Home Tour 
The City of Beverly Hills maintains the inviting landscape of Greystone Park and Mansion. Oil baron Edward Lawrence Doheny’s son, ‘Ned’ had Greystone built as his family residence in the late 1920s, calling upon a celebrated Southern California architect, Gordon B.Kaumann, to design the mansion. as a Southern California public park, Greystone is unique: A must-see destination. You’ll encounter restored terraces and extravagant sweeping lawns, myriad water features erected as focal points and the property’s meticulously maintained stonework; exhibiting the extensive use of pale Indiana limestone to set apart the mansion itself and the landscape architecture. The formal gardens are enhanced by handsome slate walkways, echoing the Welsh slate used for the mansion’s roof. Continue reading Gracious Greystone Mansion: Historic Gardens  3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Historic Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Los Angeles, Southern California  Historic Gardens, Landscape Architecture, Los Angeles, Public parks 
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art boasts a stunning new exhibition building named in honor of museum benefactors, the Resnicks: The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion is one of the latest ventures designed by prominent architect, Renzo Piano. During this recent Southern California sojourn, the weather couldn’t have been better: A week of mild winter weather and blue skies that allowed me to wander at leisure, taking in an expansive landscape comprising artist Robert Irwin’s Palm Garden. Continue reading Rendevous at the Resnick Pavilion – Irwin’s Palm Garden 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Landscape Architecture, Los Angeles, Southern California Los Angeles, Public parks |
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