This Julia Morgan house, owned by renowned designer Paul Wiseman, is a garden Veranda Magazine named one of the world's top five, one we've spent over a decade refining, building on the foundation laid by Steven Sussman and designer Todd Cole. Bold gestures define the space: massive agaves repositioned as dramatic focal points, ancient Roman busts elevated to preside over the plantings, an herb garden transformed into what appears to be archaeological ruins with an 18th-century Cotswold fountain as centerpiece, Gothic church windows serving as railings. Each year brings new relationships between plants, new self-sown combinations, new patinas on stone—a living testament to the idea that the greatest gardens are continuously cultivated rather than designed once.