Our Annual Edition Dedicated to Ideas and Design, Both Indoor and Out
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Welcome to our annual Home & Garden special issue, the edition run each spring where we explore ideas and designs for indoors and out.
In this year’s collection, we feature a new book all about that most iconic of Montecito gardens, Lotusland, and explain how you can create your own sustainable garden in the backyard. Then we turn to a new Home & Design Collective in the downtown Arts District, head to the library to find free decor resources, and take a look at what it takes, and why, to electrify your house.
Happy designing!
Gardening for the Greater Good
Destination Downtown for Design: New Santa Barbara Arts District Home & Design Collective Brings Biz to State Street
Vintage Vogue at Indian Pink on State Street
Divine Design at Lonetree in Victoria Court
Home Design Inspiration for All: Free Resources Galore from the Santa Barbara Library
Electrifying Your Home in Santa Barbara: How to Flip the Switch Away From Natural Gas
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Santa Barbara Independent, May 19-25, 2002. ON THE COVER: Madame Ganna Walska, taken c. 1958. Photo by J.R. Eyerman/Lotusland Archives. Design by Ava Talehakimi.
Originally published in the May 19-25 issue issue of the Santa Barbara Independent. To see the story as it originally appeared click here.