Intuitive design turned a lifelong passion for succulents into a destination garden north of San Diego

The first two questions visitant require Patrick Anderson when they see his garden devoted to succulent industrial plant are “ What were you thinking ? ” and “ Why these plants ? ” Patrick ’s answer run direct to the reasonableness most people garden : “ These are the plants that have turned me on my whole living , and what could be more fun than to use them on this kind of scale ? ”

Patrick never planned to make a destination garden , which his Fallbrook , California , property has certainly become . In fact , it is not a formally designed landscape at all . But one spirit at the garden makes it clear there was a method to Patrick ’s wonderful lunacy .

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