[quote=briansd1]The lawn are a legacy of immigrants moving West and bringing their idea of the prairie house to California. Add to that the idea the tropical plants represent resorts and luxury (as if you are in Hawaii or some tropical resort).[/quote]
“Lawns as we now know them were an aristocratic custom developed in Jacobean Britain, which have since spread all over the industrialized world. For the European aristocracy, seeding and maintaining a lawn was a version of conspicuous consumption.” http://www.farmscapegardens.com/blog/105
