A Los Angeles Landscape Designer’s Moroccan Style Urban Garden

May 9, 2017

Entering the central courtyard of Casa Nancina, garden designer Nancy Goslee Power’s Santa Monica, California urban garden, I was instantly transported away from city traffic, noise and congestion into a bucolic and dreamy space inspired by Power’s travels to Brazil Read More...

Dwell House Tour #3: Transformation of East Los Angeles Hilltop Home and Garden

July 21, 2011


The remains of the old cement driveway take on new life as pavers. Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

This is the third in a series of five home and garden tours in the Silverlake and Echo Park neighborhoods that I experiencedRead More...

Modern Sustainable Living Showcased at Dwell on Design

June 30, 2011


The Modern Living Showhouse at Dwell on Design.

I spent a good part of last week in Los Angeles, absorbing the best of green innovation and design at Dwell on Design. Much of my time I perused a section of … Read More...

Los Angeles Canyon Garden Retreat

October 26, 2010

Once inside this LA canyon urban garden, you become almost unaware of the sound of traffic whizzing by right outside the gate. Only a few minutes from the hustle and bustle of big city streets and the elegant storefronts of … Read More...

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