Experience an Authentic Coastal Garden Aesthetic in Santa Monica
Location: Santa Monica Shotgun House, 2520 Second Street, Santa Monica (Map)
Open: Visible 24×7 from January 23, 2016
Cost: Free
The Santa Monica Conservancy‘s new Preservation Resource Center represents years of community effort to preserve an historic shotgun-style beach cottage. Community members from throughout Los Angeles contributed to its restoration and move to a new highly-visible location adjacent to the library in Ocean Park. The space was featured on the Venice Design Series Tour in 2023 and for the 2020 Native Plant Garden Tour.
FormLA Landscaping designed the garden to showcase a landscape aesthetic authentic to Los Angeles beach communities. The well-established garden features native blooms that thrive in sandy soils and salt air. While petite, the garden is a water-positive powerhouse, absorbing and cleaning runoff in its last mile to the big blue.
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