Fight Love Live and All That is Filoli Gardens

Filoli Gardens in Woodside California, just south of San Francisco on Highway 280, is a splendid place everyone should see! 
 

The property developed in the early 1900’s by a family whose wealth was from a gold mine, really!
In the area they established this 600-acre estate wanting to make a place similar to where they had travelled in Ireland. In addition to the manor house (remember the opening clip of the series Dynasty? This is the house).  But my favorite are the 16 acres of gardens surrounding the home.

There are many ornamental trees such as mature upright Japanese Maples and Magnolias, fruit trees (upright and espaliered), shade trees, pleached and allees as well, and there are the architectural features, the pools, clock tower and gentlemen’s orchard!

The name Filoli was a manufactured word of the original owners- the first two letters of each statement below:

FILOLI — Fight for a just cause. Love your fellow man. Live a good life. —WB Bourn II

For more information, go to www.filoli.org

Explore the Garden: The House and the Approaches

Filoli is dedicated to the preservation, interpretation, and stewardship of the cultural traditions and natural history of this country estate for public education and enjoyment.

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• Meet the 'Plant Whisperer', Jim Harshbarger; Massachusetts Certified Arborist'
• Learn more about THE GARDEN TUTOR

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