Located 30 miles south of San Francisco, Filoli is nestled on a slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounded by more than 23,000 acres of the protected Peninsula watershed. To the two families who lived here, Filoli represented a desire to create a magnificent and enduring country estate. Today, Filoli’s mission is to connect our rich history with a vibrant future through beauty, nature, and shared stories.

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Despite their name, the Tasmanian tree ferns in the Woodland Garden are not technically trees. They don’t have any true wood in their trunks, but take on a tree-like form as their lacy leaves sprout from the top.
Walk the nature trail and take in the lush green mosses and colorful fungi.
The bright red berries of the English Holly in the Walled Garden are keeping the holiday spirit alive.
Some Vegetable Garden beds are planted with fava beans as a winter cover crop. They add nitrogen to the soil - and produce a delicious harvest!
Look out for the pink blooms of the 'Bert Jones' sasanqua camellia near the Chartres Garden in the Walled Garden.
The Dutch Garden is filled with purple and white hellebores, also called Christmas rose - they grow well in shady areas and bloom around the winter holidays.
Fragrant paperwhites are among the first bulbs to bloom in the Garden during the early winter months.
This pretty pink Camellia saluenensis is a dependably early and prolific bloomer in the Walled Garden.
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Filoli is a vibrant landscape of the Bay Area, situated on the unceded ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone, in Woodside, California. The estate boasts 654 acres of beauty nestled…