It is worth showing you what some of the house look like.
This is just the pool house, maybe guest house.
This house wasn’t on the tour, it was across the street, it is the famous Blacker House, built by the Greene brothers. I had the pleasure of getting a tour inside about 10 years ago. The present owners are dedicating their life to restoring this masterpiece.
One of the reasons why this house is so familiar to many is the front doors. Yes, these are the doors from the original Back to the Future movie. At the time, twenty-six years ago, no one cared about Craftsmen houses, the house was in terrible shape, but the front door! It seemed so futuristic, so it has become part of movie lore.
The back of another Greene brother’s house.
This is the side of the house, look at the wonderful use of local rocks in the two story fireplace.
In the 1950’s this outdoor fireplace was added.
The garden is incredible, there is a pool and some lawn, but most of it looks like this. 110 years ago, when the house was built, they would have had only lawn. Something tells me that the Greene brothers would probably highly approve of the new garden.
A smaller home was a renovated midcentury. We were invited to walk through this home, but not take pictures. To be honest, the home was more impressive than the garden.
In Pasadena, an outdoor fireplace will get plenty of use.
Water features are another must have.
One type of plant that thrives here is the cacti and succulent. There were plenty of examples. 
This is a very unusual unique one, I’d love to buy one somewhere.
Most of the cacti were in containers.
The container is often more interesting than the plants.
I will finish with this 100 year old wisteria vine. Two months ago it was covered in white blooms, which are rare. The trellis is original to the garden, I’m thinking they have had to reiforce it through the years. Just look at the size of this!!! May it live for at least another hunderd years!
Leah