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Keep It Friendly
- Design: Isabelle Duvivier, Venice, CA.
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Surfers Welcome
A high contrast black and white combo makes this Laguna Beach, California entry pop. We especially love the “Adios” sign, adding character to this beachy cottage.
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A Classic, Improved
A white picket fence is an oldie, but when combined with low-water, low-maintenance plants, it’s still a goodie. Seen here: A Sonoma cottage planted with members of the Sunset Western Garden Collection.
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Peekaboo
- Design: Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture, Santa Monica.
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Enter at Your Own Risk
Leaving not much to the imagination, this Portland, Oregon garden gate makes it clear that spiky plants lie ahead.
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Mediterranean Mood
Private yet welcoming, this Marin County entrance has the perfect blend of low-water plants backed by a stucco wall and painted outdoor gate.
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Aloha in the O.C.
- Design: Brian Ackerman
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Pipe Dreams
An inventive outdoor gate made from upcycled plumbing pipe from Pacific Industrial Supply leads the way to a dreamy Seattle garden.
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Contemporary Gateway
- Design: Mike Bless, Lido Gates, Newport Beach, CA.
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Layered and Lovely
- Design: Margaret Griffin and John Enright, Griffin Enright Landscape, Los Angeles.