his small city garden was done as a sort of tribute to the work of California’s pioneer modernist landscape architect, Thomas Church.

Sadly, few homeowners know of his influence in creating the “California style” as we know it, or of his international reputation as one of the great landscape architects of this century. The majority of his gardens have been removed or renovated beyond recognition.

A NOTE TO HOMEOWNERS
If you think that you have the bones of an old Thomas Church garden, you would do well to consider restoring it, or at least reconfiguring it in a manner sympathetic to the original. Most Church gardens have significant historic value, and most have been replaced with far inferior designs.