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
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
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