LAS PALMAS
Las Palmas
Bringing new life to a tired lawn-scape for a 1920s Italian Renaissance Revival house in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. For a young family, we reimagined the garden as a series of rooms: for sitting, contemplation, eating, playing, and sunbathing. Lueders limestone, expertly laid by master mason Gordon Alatorre, replaced concrete and flagstone. A period-correct limestone archway replaced a 1980s faux-plaster one. Field-grown olives, a native sycamore, and a riot of California and Mediterranean climate plants replaced turf and boxwood, giving color, shade, dimension, and drought-tolerance. A 100-year old fallen urban redwood tree became a dining table and benches.
