Descanso Gardens : CITY SMART / How to thrive in the urban environment of Southern California

Former owner and Daily News Publisher E. Manchester Boddy named these 60 acres at 1418 Descanso Drive in La Canada Flintridge his Rancho del Descanso--or Rest Ranch--when he bought the property in 1937. There are sunlit expanses, shady walkways, gardens, streams and waterfalls.