Regional Landscape Architecture: Southern California: Mediterranean Modern

15 private gardens tailor—made for Southern California's topography, climate, and material culture.

What makes a garden regionally appropriate? Fifteen private gardens designed by leading landscape architects answer that question for arid Southern California by directly addressing the climate, landscape, and culture they inhabit.

Whether small or large, urban or rural, luxurious or low budget, these resilient outdoor spaces are finely attuned to the Mediterranean climate and the indoor—o...