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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Sophie Edwards

C.Z. Guest's Grecian garden channels the picturesque elegance of 1950s Palm Beach – and predicts summer 2025's turn to Mediterranean style

CZ Guest by the pool.

History repeats itself, and so does design. Sometimes, the best way to understand 'what's next,' is to look at what has been. As summer approaches and we're sourcing garden and landscaping inspiration, we turn to an icon of the past: socialite and gardening maven C.Z. Guest's Palm Beach estate, Villa Artemis.

The gardening writer's Mediterranean garden idea was captured in 1955, in a series of photographs by the illustrious Slim Aarons. The images paint a glamorous portrait of postwar opulence, embodied by figures like C.Z., Lee Radziwill, and Truman Capote.

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