Stories in Bloom

Each Bloom Tells a Story

Many creative women have shaped Filoli’s story over the years, from its residents to historic staff. Stories in Bloom showcases women’s storytelling of all forms, including poetry, music, and photography.

Programs are free with Filoli admission; reservation required due to limited space.

Wildflower Self-Portraits

with Barnali Ghosh

Sunday, May 21, 2023

2-3pm

Barnali Ghosh is a Berkeley-based designer, artist, community historian, and landscape architect. She shares the story behind her Unfaithful Re/creations (Floral Edition) project, which features self-portraits that honor California native wildflowers using sari fabrics and Odissi dance from India.

Stories in Bloom programs are free with Filoli admission; reservation required due to limited space. Please book your admission tickets along with your Stories in Bloom reservation with the tickets below.

Photographers Nita Winter and Rob Badger Backpacking to photograph wildflowers in the Carson Pass area, Back ground Lake Winnamucca, Carson Pass,  Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California  

Photograph by unknown fellow hiker.

Visual Storytelling

with Nita Winter

Sunday, June 11, 2023

2-3pm

Filoli StrokeLine

Internationally acclaimed photographer Nita Winter discusses her career as a visual storyteller. Hear the story behind her award-winning coffee table book, Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change, created with partner Rob Badger.

Stories in Bloom programs are free with Filoli admission; reservation required due to limited space. Please book your admission tickets along with your Stories in Bloom reservation with the tickets below.

Back to the Garden

with Laurie R. King

Sunday, July 16, 2023

2-3pm

A magnificent house, vast formal gardens, and a golden family that shaped California… sound familiar? Author Laurie R. King shares the inspiration and writing process behind her latest mystery, Back to the Garden.

Stories in Bloom programs are free with Filoli admission; reservation required due to limited space. Please book your admission tickets along with your Stories in Bloom reservation with the tickets below.

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