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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Fiona McCarthy

I wanted it to be a place to indulge my senses and restore me – the Flamingo Estate co-founder on creating his oasis-like LA home, and the life-affirming rituals that bring him joy

Richard Christiansen sitting at a green marble table with ferns in the foreground.

Hidden by a lush orchard and dense gardens, sitting high atop the hills of Los Angeles, Richard Christiansen and Aaron Harvey have transformed a 1940s Spanish revival house and extensive grounds into Flamingo Estate as a hub for hundreds of collaborators, farmers, growers, herbalists, makers, artists, chefs, even Pamela Anderson, who has recently launched a new pickle line with the estate, Pamela's Pickles.

Richard's philosophy in life is simple: wake up early, drink water, sip wine, take care of one another and the earth, eat well, eat everything, move your body, calm down, be grateful. Here he shares his daily rituals.

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