American Pastoral
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Laura Gabbert and Andrew Avery's home in the hills of Glassell Park, Los Angeles, is clad in stucco and redwood, evoking the rustic charm of their lush seven-acre site.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Gabbert and Avery relax on a vintage sofa in their living room beneath large-format photos of juniper bushes by Maegan Hill-Carroll.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
A family room off the kitchen is stocked with pieces from Room & Board, including the Wells sofa and gray Cable rug. The hanging sculpture is by Rebecca Niederlander and the quartet of paintings is by Babak Emanuel.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Sliding doors on either side of the living room and along the kitchen open all the way, allowing the breeze from the canyon to spin right through the house.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Standard, Avery and Gabbert's architects, arranged their two main living spaces in an L-shape to maximize a sense of transparency.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Gatherings at the house tend toward the casual, with kid-friendly hangouts on the back patio.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Party preparations include arrangements plucked from the family’s on-site flower farm.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Daughters Ingrid and Jane catch up with their grandparents on the Room & Board–furnished front deck.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Daughters Ingrid and Jane play on the floor of their bedroom, laid with reclaimed end-grain parquet from Oregon Lumber.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
In the open-plan kitchen, bowls and platters by Heath Ceramics and bamboo trays and tongs from Design House Stockholm decorate the farm-to-table buffet on the steel-topped kitchen island.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Gabbert and Avery pose with Ingrid in their “growing ground,” planted and tended by local urban farmer Tara Kolla and a fleet of volunteers.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Here's Tara hard at work.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Another view of the house reveals a surprising sense of lightness; from certain angles, the structure appears to float above the landscape.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Whether it's a favorite wine or a memorable cocktail, a house drink makes for a powerful party ritual. Here Gabbert prepares a Southern California variation on the Bootleg, a drink that was a Gabbert family standard when they lived in Minnesota.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Backtracking in time to March 2011, here's one of the first plantings on the property, as captured by photographer Catherine Ledner. Note the fence hasn't yet gone up.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Ingrid shows off one of the chickens the family raises in their large and very productive coop.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Ingrid and Jane get ready to plant sunflower seeds that were donated to Silver Lake Farms.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Ingrid and Jane get to work planting seedlings.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Ledner's second shoot took place in early spring 2012, once the fence had been installed and the flowers were blooming.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
Just one month later the garden was much lusher.Photo by: Catherine Ledner -
The fruits of their labors: beautiful cut flowers, which Silverlake Farms sells at local farmers' markets in signature iron-and-glass jars.Photo by: Catherine Ledner
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