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Neighborhood Gardens of Old Palo Alto - Spring Tour 2008
Sneak Preview
Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 10AM to 4PM
Register online
Neighborhood Gardens of Old Palo Alto, our 23rd Annual Spring Tour,
offers views into five neighborhood gardens that represent the creativity of gardeners and designers in this area;
the gardens are sure to delight and inspire you.
The gardens are all in our neighborhood, so can easily be enjoyed as a walking tour.
We encourage you to invite your friends, family and neighbors to join us at
Gamble Garden’s major fundraising event of the year.
This custom home designed by a San Francisco architect has a history that includes a miniature railroad running around it.
Now it's surrounded by a peaceful family garden that was carefully redesigned by one of the Bay Area’s top landscape architects,
with lots of room for family gatherings, sitting or soaking in a spa. Both hardscape and landscape add grace
and utility to the garden.
Plant List (pdf)
This refined but comfortable English Tudor home, built originally in 1924, was authentically remodeled on both ends of the house several years ago, causing the stucco garden walls to be moved. The entire property was re-landscaped save the most mature trees, including a gracious front yard, quiet garden, pool treatments, herb garden and family entertainment areas.
Plant List (pdf)
Having refreshed the inside of this 1920’s Mediterranean house, the current owners sought a combination of classic European “rooms”
with fresh modern touches throughout the garden.
Iron and stone furnishings, statuary, a knot garden and cloister garden are all wrapped up in a new stucco wall with
tile toppings and
lovely landscaping with unique takes on old classic plantings.
Plant List (pdf)
This “Category Four Historic Registry” home by Birge Clark
was renovated with several previous owners contributing.
The current owners took care to plan for a beautiful wall treatment
that both enhances their views from the inner yard and muffles sound, as well as providing privacy. The gardens were carefully restored from
a car repair pit to a lovely family garden with flowers, herbs, a shade garden and a water element to soften sound.
A beautiful outside fireplace in the Clark style was added as well.
Plant List (pdf)
Tailored and sophisticated, yet open and inviting, this lovely two-story colonial manor is the new family home of a couple with three sons.
For a small city lot, the garden has an amazing amount of entertainment area for both kids and grown ups. Not to be missed is the
shade garden in the front yard, which is particularly lovely in the spring, and the masterful stonework and decking, as well as the landscaping,
in the back yard.
Plant List (pdf)
Photos: Vanessa Roach
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