Land+Living: Garden to Go

Landscape — May 13, 2004 Posted by Anthony

Mobil garden for a Venice rental

"Sure, it seems crazy dropping cash to spruce up a place you rent, especially when you plan to move, well, one of these years, after you've saved enough dough for a down payment. But where is it written that just because you live lease to lease, you have to put up with peeling paint, closet doors that don't close, refrigerators that reek -- or even a dusty, desolate, debris-strewn excuse for a yard?"

Via: Budget Living
Designer: Russ Cletta - Estate Gardens
All Photos © Deborah Jaffe
Updated 03/28/07

©Deborah Jaffe

©Deborah Jaffe

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Comments (7)

Chris Culler — February 25, 2007
Desperately Seeking Russ Cletta

I've seen some of Russ' wonderful landscaping in my Venice neighborhood, and have been on the Venice Garden Tour -- Now I'm in need of his help with my impossibly unmaneageable back garden (old bamboo sending up shoots in the neighbors' garden and yet dying in mine...) Does Russ have a website? Phone number?

James — February 25, 2007
Griffith & Cletta

See our post on Russ Cletta's firm, Griffith & Cletta: http://www.landliving.com/articles/0000000749.aspx I have also added the link to his website above. Cheers, James

Russ Cletta — March 27, 2007
Thanks for the compliment

I started a few months ago at a new gig as Principal Landscape Architect for Estate Gardens. I'm still living in Venice and working on my new place on Rialto in my spare time. You can email me at rcletta@estate-gardens.com. All my best, Russ

susan — May 1, 2007
Russ cletta

Russ did the most incredible work on my landscaping...and he's a doll!

Deborah Jaffe — May 21, 2009
Deborah Jaffe

Hi, Thank you Could you please credit me, Deborah Jaffe, as the photographer and add a link to my website? These are my photographs. http://www.deborahjaffe.com Thank you very much, Deborah Jaffe deborah@deborahjaffe.com

Deborah Jaffe — May 21, 2009
Deborah Jaffe

Roxanne Willinger — March 12, 2010
Outdoors Recycle Reimnagine

Your article in Better Homes and Gardens August 2008 issue. Please advise me the name of vine growing on back of wall page 69 of your article. Thanks! roxannewillinger@cox.net phone number 949-248-4618