Striking succulent gardens, 2020: CIP title page (Gabriel Frank) CIP data on "About the author" (Gabriel Frank is a devout advocate for all things green and growing. He is the head dirt-monger at Gardens by Gabriel, Inc., a licensed landscape design/build firm on the Central Coast of California. Outside of building landscapes for others, he can be found cultivating edibles, succulents, and Mediterranean natives in his own home demonstration garden.)