Penelope Bianchi
Exciting news! The new issue of Veranda March-April has the 2020 Outdoor Living awards. The first time ever! And our garden was selected to be one of the eight awardees!!! The talented garden designer who originally designed our landscape came …
Veranda’s First Ever Outdoor Living Award For The Montecito Garden Restoration ProjectRead More
GLORIOUS GARDENS: FRENCH COUNTRY STYLE MEETS CALIFORNIA COOL Penny Bianchi Interior Decorator and photos by Amy Barnard When Penny and Adam Bianchi bought a modest slice of undeveloped land off of East Valley Road 20 years ago, they had a golden …
Montecito Gardens: Our house featured in Santa Barbara Seasons magazine!!!Read More
I have many new subscribers!! I am going to post a few of my favorite (and others' favorite posts) In between new posts, so the new subscribers don't have to go searching!! (Be sure to click on the title to see the complete post!) In 1997; we …
Backyard Wildlife Habitat (National Wildlife Federation)Read More
I was showing a friend the photographs of our garden on our landscape designer's website; and read the story of our project! I realized that our project from their standpoint was quite different from ours; and thought a lot of people would …
Grace Design Associates …..our wonderful landscape designers!!!Read More
My friend and fellow blogger Tracey Jackson came to Santa Barbara to visit her mother; and came over to visit! (These pictures were taken last Spring! Not by Tracey) Tracey is a screenwriter, and that is one reason …
Well! After the trauma of the drowned ducklings (good thing I never had to go to war) The same Mallard female trusted Winston's duck house from Georgia.......and laid 6 eggs in the back nest box! Another mallard mother trusted the newly fortified …
