We stayed at Tom and Darby’s Garden Cottage for 10 days when we visited son and our grandchildren. The cottage is exactly like the picture in the listing and the main house is located in the same compound. The view of the distant hills, day and night, is lovely, the neighborhood safe.
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The garden has many native plants and because Tom and Darby are earth friendly gardeners there were many butterflies as well as birds including humming birds. The have very old pomegranate trees, a pear tree, and a grape vine, all grown without the use of pesticides.

On our first day we were greeted with a jar of homemade jam as well as other goodies.

The cottage was comfortable for the two of us; the cook tops, refrigerator, microwave, and toaster made cooking easy. There are several supermarkets, our favorites are Trader Joe’s and Sprouts, as well as laundry’s and a post office close by.

The cottage is close to freeways and so we took our grandchildren to the LA Zoo, Descanso Gardens, and the to the many L.A. playgrounds, and public swimming pools.

Tom and Darby are outgoing (but don’t intrude), helpful, kind and genuinely interested in your comfort at their urban ranchero oasis.