Santa Monica garden mixes hardy succulents, bright flowers

WHITNEY GREEN'S backyard is a series of colorful and playful vignettes that artfully mix low-water cactuses and succulents with fruit trees and roses. The Santa Monica garden, designed by Stephen Gabor of Gabor + Allen Inc., offers ideas for using desert plants for accents and drama without the backyard looking like the Mojave.

By Ellen Hoffs

June 26, 2008