Santa Monica, California garden and landscape designer, Marianne Simon, designs gardens, water gardens, fountains, vegetable gardens and nature sanctuaries, with a touch of the poetic; creating gardens that nurture the spirit as well as the earth. Marianne, a landscape and garden designer comes from a theatrical background to give you all you need in water culture, planting tips, style, and stories. Garden design to nurture life in the plant world. Landscape design and garden design for secret gardens, backyard getaways, vegetable gardens and nature sanctuaries. Marianne has created gardens from the South Bay to the Valley. In addition, she has studied horticulture and landscape architecture at UCLA, and has a background in fountains and water gardens.

…Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. There's fennel for you, and columbines. There's rue for you, and here's some for me; we may call it herb…