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    Reimagining the Gardens

    Nov 24, 2020 3 minutes
    By Mary Grauerholz
    PHOTOS BY MARK ADAMS

    WHEN LANDSCAPE DESIGNER Scott Shrader saw his friend’s just-purchased 1930s home, located in the coveted flats of Santa Monica, California, the juxtaposition of its dilapidated condition and pristine lines was dizzying.

    “The property was in terrible shape,” says Shrader, the principal of Shrader Design in West Hollywood. “This house really needed some love, especially the garden.” The house, with a traditional design in the spirit of the 20th-century

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