After wildfire, a Santa Barbara garden reborn

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Dawn Close, left, and Margie Grace, principals of <a href="http://www.gracedesignassociates.com/">Grace Design Associates</a> in Santa Barbara, walk one of the new paths at the Johnsons' home. Grace, who oversees design of the firm's projects, said she wanted to create a garden that reduced future fire threat, required little watering and provided habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife.

A Santa Barbara garden reborn

( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

Dawn Close, left, and Margie Grace, principals of Grace Design Associates in Santa Barbara, walk one of the new paths at the Johnsons' home. Grace, who oversees design of the firm's projects, said she wanted to create a garden that reduced future fire threat, required little watering and provided habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife.

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