“The Frenches bought the two-story Midcentury Modern house in 2003 with plans to remodel it and have it double as an informal gallery for occasional art exhibits. "We don’t have kids,” Janet says. “We have parties.” Wheeler, the designer, envisioned the new space “like a ruin that completes the geometry of the building.” The patio seems like a corner of the house that has dematerialized into an alfresco living room complete with fireplace. Under existing queen palms, the Frenches planted a living screen of banana trees, cycads and cardboard palms mulched with black volcanic rock. Golden Goddess bamboo offers additional privacy.“
By Emily Young, http://www.latimes.com/la-hm-french-garden-pictures,0,2553764.photogallery