Grace Design Associates

Through an impressive career that has spanned over three decades and yielded more than 350 gardens around the world, Margie Grace has joined an elite echelon of garden and landscape designers whose work is celebrated both locally and internationally. Whether designing gardens for historically significant estate properties, relaxed bungalows, or coastal family retreats, Margie takes her cues from her clients, their lifestyle, the architecture of the property, and the land itself.She has designed outdoor environments that are formal, casual, rustic, and coastal, but regardless of style, Margie creates spaces that bring people together to live in and enjoy the outdoors with nature at its finest.

An exclusive look at the exquisite residential gardens of the American Riviera. Private Gardens of Santa Barbara is an invitation into eighteen distinctive private, and beautiful gardens; large estates, modest homes, and surf retreats run the gamut from sublime and naturalistic to bold and urban. This book has been a labor of love for me - it was pure joy to pore over the gorgeous gardens we have created over the past three decades with so many clients near and dear to our hearts.When it comes to creating beautiful, maintainable and environmentally-sensitive gardens, landscape designer Margie Grace takes her cues from the Earth itself.

I am looking forward to meeting you and sharing more about my new book, Private Gardens of Santa Barbara. Most events will include a lecture and slide presentation on current garden design topics as well as a question and answer period that will let us connect and engage. Some venues will have books for sale, others may not, but either way, if you'd like me to sign your copy, bring it after the event and I will be honored to do so.

The International Association of Professional Landscape Designers (ALPD) has named Margie Grace, 2018 Designer of the Year - the highest honor in our industry. It is a special privilege to win Designer of the Year and a Gold Award for the "Sycamore Canyon" gardens because it's more than just a project to us: it is also our home.