Peachy the Magazine August September 2014 | Page 54

Voluptuous Vignettes
The third private garden we toured was
in a secluded canyon. Bobby Webb, a
sought-after designer of magnificent
estates in Santa Barbara and Montecito, created a tropical paradise for
himself and longtime partner Michael
Corbett. The Caribbean-influenced
home features porches, ceiling fans and
green-shuttered windows. To enter
their retreat, Bobby designed a wooden
bridge over a pond filled with sacred
Lotus blooms. We immediately felt as
if we were in Jamaica or Costa Rica.
The perfect shade of green on the walls
brings the outside in. An entire sliding

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glass wall in the master bedroom allows
the koi pond and double waterfall to
become part of the interior. The manmade lake behind the house provides
a magical reflection of the home, which
was built on stilts due to the sloping terrain of the canyon. On a plateau above
the house, Bobby created a magnificent
rose garden complete with arbors, a
reflecting pool and bronze cranes. After
showing us Bobby’s magnificent exotic
birds, Michael led us to the Dahlia garden where row after row of huge blossoms of every color dazzled. We hated
to leave this paradise and the gracious
hospitality of its owners.