A guided tour documents Lotusland in Montecito, a 37-acre estate-turned botanic garden with limited public access, highlighting why planning ahead matters. Founded by opera singer and socialite ...

“When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.” So said English painter Minnie Aumonier, and it’s true that in this stressful epoch, garden time is more psychically ...

Like many WWII-era émigrés to the United States, the ­Polish-born opera singer Madame Ganna Walska adored her adopted country. But California was its own magnificent world. The view from the ...

Ganna Walska d’Eighnhorn Fraenkel Cochran McCormick, assertive Polish second wife of Chicago’s harvester tycoon, Harold Fowler McCormick, has three passions: Music, Perfume, Feminism. For Music she ...

Garmented in the magnificent arrangement of silk and tortoise-shell she had bought to wear in her Manhattan debut as Madame Butterfly with the San Carlo Opera Company, Ganna Walska, soprano wife of ...

A lush California botanical garden offers hidden beauty, peaceful paths, and the kind of escape most people never expect to ...

'Tis the season for California Dreaming, and design lovers, you're in luck: VERANDA is heading to the American Riviera March 5–7, 2026, for a weekend of discovery with a private garden visit, studio ...

Want to wander through a breathtaking natural space this fall? California has one of the “most beautiful” gardens in the country, according to HGTV. The cable network searched for the best spot in ...

Want to wander around a breathtaking natural space this fall? California’s Central Coast has one of the “most beautiful” gardens in the country, according to HGTV. The cable network searched for the ...

California has no shortage of beautiful gardens, but one estate has been singled out as the most stunning of them all, according to a new study from HGTV. HGTV’s “The Most Beautiful Garden You Can ...