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Christiansen was drafting it. His friend Jane Goodall died at 91, and news broke of rollbacks to federal environmental protections. "So, I started again," he writes. The result is still a Victory Garden of sorts, "but not to fight an enemy. To declare peace." Writing the book also changed the property. Christiansen bought h i s n e i g h b o r's l o t , demolished the house to build a greenhouse, planted a sprawling camellia garden and new ones devoted to roses, sage, spices, and lavender, and expanded his garden of medicinal plants. "I see all my little gardens within the Estate as tiny acts of resistance," he writes. Christiansen grew up on a bee farm in rural Australia and spent 20 years at the helm of the New York agency Chandelier Creative, shaping brands such as Versace, Comme des Garçons, and Nike. He traded Manhattan for the hillside and launched Flamingo The flamingo-pink house crowns a long brick staircase through the garden. Camellias fill the living room at Flamingo Estate. On the coffee table are Blooming Camellia candles, launched with Monica Lewinsky. Bok choy, asparagus, cucumbers, and herbs from the vegetable garden ADRIAN GAUT SEAN HAZEN HUGH DAVISON 116