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Crowned VERANDA’s Best in Outdoor Living

2 / 21 / 202 / 21 / 20

We’ve had to sit on this secret for months… not easy for us, being so excited and all. We’re happy – thrilled! – at long last, to finally share the news… Veranda magazine’s FIRST EVER Outdoor Living Awards has named our recent Montecito Garden Restoration project one of eight distinct Best in Outdoor Living winners.… Read More

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Santa Barbara’s Majestic Foothills

2 / 11 / 202 / 12 / 20

So just what is the art of outdoor living? It’s comfortable elegance. It’s casual living as an art form. It’s the concept of home as a collection of beautiful, comfortable outdoor rooms surrounded by breathtaking landscaping – with just enough house for in case of rain. This scrumptious gem secreted in the hills above Santa… Read More

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Sneak Peak of Margie’s New Book: Private Gardens of Santa Barbara

12 / 9 / 1912 / 10 / 19

I’m very excited to announce the release of my first book, Private Gardens of Santa Barbara – The Art of Outdoor Living, launching in March 2020 with publisher Gibbs Smith. This book has been a labor of love for me — it was pure joy to pore over the gorgeous gardens we have created over… Read More

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Mud, Sweat, and Tears – Rising from the Mud

11 / 5 / 1911 / 8 / 19

  We don’t often think of a natural disaster as being a thing of random chance. But a visit to Montecito after the debris flow of January 9, 2018 proves it to be just that. Broad swaths of entire neighborhoods were destroyed in one fell swoop, leaving post-apocalyptic scenes as far as the eye could… Read More

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Around the Web
The Drought in the News

7 / 1 / 1510 / 15 / 15
Photo credit: Robert Couse-Baker

When I read the New York Times April coverage of our California drought, I thought it posed a fair question: What will life in California be like in the years ahead? But the article implied that it’s Jerry Brown’s mandate that we reduce our water consumption by 25% that’s raising this question, and I can’t agree. The… Read More

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