A creative drought-garden makeover in Long Beach

Cactus growing in an entryway planter box add contrast to a 1930s vintage home front landscape,  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A Long Beach couple changed their front landscape into a drought tolerant work of art, including bold circles of rock and artificial grass in front of a 1930s vintage home.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Wendy Manasse Wiese of Long Beach leans on her 1962 Cadillac parked in front of her 1930s vintage home and transformed landscape.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A cactus in an entryway planter box in front of the vintage home.

Closeup of an artificial grass circle in front of a 1930s vintage home.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Birds of paradise and a cactus are accents to a drought-tolerant landscape design.

Circles of rock and artificial grass in front of a 1930s vintage home.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)