Taste from Local Wineries and Breweries Live Music & Dancing, Silent Auction and more! Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 1pm – 4pm at the Bacara Resort, 8301 Hollister Ave.

The dream comes true when a backyard becomes a garden. A garden connotes beauty, aesthetics and life. It becomes part of you, a place in which you yearn to spend time, a place that nurtures you as you nurture it. If you haven’t read “The Secret Garden” by frances hodgson Burnett recently, I recommend picking it up. It’s the story of a secret garden behind high walls and a heavy door and shows how such a place can lift the sprits and heal the soul. This is the kind of garden everyone deserves. It can be yours.

Lisa Cullen, landscape designer and organic gardener owns Montecito Landscape with her husband, Chris. She can be reached at 805.969.3984 or www.montecitolandscape.com.