The New Hue

Ojai’s Cathleen Smith and the psychology of color.

Put a Pond on Your Porch

You don’t need a vast estate or infinite acreage to plant a water garden. Start small with a container on your porch, patio, or deck. Dave Nichols at Green Thumb Nursery in Ventura shows how it’s done.

Green Goes to the Dogs

Sit. Stay. Save the planet. Ventura-based landscape architect Stephanie Rubin and her artist husband, Chris Isner, put sustainability in the doghouse and teach us all a new trick.

Home Colors

For the Love of Oysters

Could a humble bivalve be the ultimate aphrodisiac? Local writer John Wilcock travels to Northern California’s Tomales Bay to filter out the truth.

Design Potential: Barn Living in Somis

Interior designer Gail Claridge tips her hat to a local region’s equine tradition, creating a livable space where once only horses slept.

Community

Rubicon International Theatre Festival Opening Ceremony, Ventura

Old World Elegance