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Atmospheric Study No. 1 The Arrival

A coastal estate.


Location
Montecito · Santa Barbara County
Collaborator
Howard Backen · BGK
Stewardship
Ongoing since 2006

A coastal estate set among specimen oaks and Mediterranean plantings, the garden was conceived as an unfolding sequence of rooms — arrival court, lawn, terrace, and shaded walk — each tuned to the hour of the day and the season of the year.

Native and drought-adapted species form the backbone of the planting; stone walks and quiet water tie the architecture to the land. Over a decade, the garden has grown into the park it was drawn to become: slow, spacious, and increasingly inevitable.