I used to live in Venice. Not on the canals, but close enough to the beach.

Venice Garden & Home Tour

Studio City designers Carol Plotkin and Janet Hoskins helped Balaban rethink the minuscule landscape and incorporate a slim border filled with irises, roses, succulents and Mediterranean plants.

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I see an Echeveria and some Kalanchoes too.

How about another home on the tour?

The rooftop view: sand, sea and sky.

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And here we see Echinopsis, Agave, Aloe, Cereus, Opuntia and more.