Gamble Garden: Landscape of Optimism showcases our early-twentieth-century property in Palo Alto and how it has become a haven and treasured community centerpiece through a generous gift made by Elizabeth F. Gamble. It celebrates the deeply meaningful rewards in creating a public garden and its value to all who enjoy its offerings.

This gorgeous hardcover book of 136 pages contains 200 full-color photographs – quantities are limited. All proceeds benefit Gamble Garden. Order online for books to be shipped: $40 + tax and shipping. Books can be purchased in the office, 1431 Waverley St, between 9 am and 2 pm.

The book can also be purchased at these local stores: in Palo Alto at Bell’s Books and at Books Inc., Town & Country Village; Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park; Ladera Garden & Gifts, Portola Valley; and Emily Joubert Home & Garden, Woodside.

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Gamble Garden Treasured Recipes is a compilation of seasonal menus and select recipes served over the past 23 years at the monthly afternoon teas, lunches, and special events held at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden. Featuring by season, the luncheons are three-course menus, and each tea menu includes four savory appetizers and three delectable sweets. Don’t miss such favorites as Blum’s Coffee Crunch Cake, Miss Gamble’s Frosted Brownies, and Eleanor’s Apple Crisp. With a myriad of tea sandwich and salad recipes, this book will quickly become a treasure in your kitchen.

This softcover, spiral bound book of 139 pages contains 180 treasured recipes and watercolor illustrations by Joan Tankersley. –– quantities are limited. Books can be ordered online for $23 + tax and shipping.

Notecards come in packages of 4 for $10. They are available as all hydrangea, all daffodil, or mixed. Notecard orders can be placed online for $10 + tax and shipping.

Books and cards can also be purchased in the office, 1431 Waverley St, between 9 am and 2 pm.

All proceeds benefit Gamble Garden!

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“Elizabeth F. Gamble: A Life Filled with Flowers” by Mary Burt Blume, Softcover, 40 pages

Gamble Garden is delighted to announce the publication of Elizabeth Gamble and Her Garden Legacy: A Life Filled with Flowers by Mary Burt Blume.

Through photographs and quotes from letters written by Miss Gamble and from people who knew her, Mary Burt’s extensive research and lively text offers the fullest picture yet of the woman whose generosity touched so many in the community, both personally and through organizations she championed. With access to Gamble family archives, the author reveals the charm and wit of young Elizabeth during her college years and in her travels.

What transpired from the time of Miss Gamble’s death in 1981, when she left her house and garden to the City of Palo Alto, and 1985, when the property was secured as the community treasure it has become? Mary Burt’s account tells the saga of wide-ranging public dialog, persuasion, and perseverance.

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