California Gardening: Filoli Gardens, 1 by donsmith755

donsmith755 wrote:
A must see...fabulous, mature gardens in Woodside, CA, at the base of the mountains just south of San Francisco. Visit San Francisco...go to the Filoli gardens. You won't be disappointed. Don't let web pictures discourage you; they do not do justice.

I tried to upload a picture to show the spirit of the gardens. I chose the giant yews. They are everything, but there is also a beaufiful sunken garden, magnificent perennial borders, an unbelievable rose standards collection and rose shrub collection, know gardens, meadows, fields, olive groves, and more. The most impressive thing to me (living in a relatively new city, Birmingham, AL) is the maturity of the gardens.