Specimen photograph of California poppies. The Tehachapi Mountains is a mountain range in California that extends for approximately 40 miles in southern Kern County and northeastern Los Angeles County. The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a perennial and annual plant native to the United States. The plant is the official state flower of California.
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
The Ludington estate, also known as Val Verde, Dias Felices, the Henry Dater house, and the Dr. Warren Austin home, was designed by the architect Bertram Grovenor Goodhue, constructed in 1918 and then purchased by Charles H. Ludington in 1924. His son, Wright Saltus Ludington (who inherited the estate in 1927 or 1930), engaged the landscape architect Lockwood de Forest to design the gardens in 1925. Retaining the geometry of Goodhue's design and much of the wilderness, Lockwood transformed the gardens over a period of twenty-three years.
View of a stone basin on a pedestal in a garden area with brick pavement and a low wall incorporating a bench, with a boxwood hedge and trees visible beyond.
The estate was created in 1929-1930. The architect of the house was Addison C. Mizner and the gardens were designed by Lockwood De Forest. Named Casa Bienvenida by its first owner, Alfred E. Dieterich, the estate is currently known as Park Lane.