Source Guide Show 118
A new way to landscape: microvineyards; The life and style of a country estate: Filoli; Dave's Faves: Godetia, Signet Marigold, Holly Fern; Fisher cat.
A new way to landscape: the microvineyard
Eddy Szyjewicz and Nancy Rosner help homeowners plan, plant and harvest grapes for their own microvineyards with the service Devine Consultants. Each vineyard can be as small as ten or twenty vines or cover several acres. They have created vineyards in average backyards, to replace water hungry front lawns, to help stabilize steep slopes and to decorate shopping malls.
Eddy and Nancy guide the clients through the whole process from selecting grapes perfectly suited to their region to bringing a "winery in a van" to the each location to help harvest, de-stem and juice the grapes. Each bottle of wine produced is a unique statement of the individual vineyard and it's owner.
Eddy also gives lectures and home vintner classes each year all over the country.
Devine Consultants
27205 Loma Prieta Way
Los Gatos, CA 95033
408-353-WINE
www.microwinery.com
The life and style of a country estate: Filoli
Filoli was created early in the 20th Century in the hills above San Francisco by wealthy mining magnate William Bourn II. Inspired by the Irish country estate of his daughter, Bourn and later owner Lurline Roth created a vast formal garden ornamented with long vistas, flower beds, water features and specimen trees. In reaction to the devastation of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake just a decade before, the estate was designed to embody the concept of a "New Eden"; where a bounty of resources and land allowed wealthy patrons to create lavish estates with an emphasis on self sufficiency.
Lurline Roth gave the estate to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975 and additional lands to the Filoli Center.
The gardens and impressive house are preserved as the Filoli Center, a non profit educational organization run in collaboration of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Filoli is open February to October, Tuesday through Sunday.
The grounds include a Garden Shop and Cafe.
For visitor information, hours and admission please contact:
Filoli Center
86 Canada Road
Woodside, CA 94062
650-364-8300 x 507
www.filoli.org
Fisher Cat:
This native relative of the marten is named after the French word 'fichet' for it's luxurious fur not it's dining habits. Fishers are native to a large area of North America and main threat is loss of their forest habitat to development.
Dave's Faves
Plants seen on today's show are available at independent garden centers throughout the country or from select sources listed below.
Godetia 'Satin Mix'
Park Seed Co.
I Parkton Ave.
Greenwood, SC 29647
800-845-3369
www.parkseed.com
Signet Marigold 'Starfire'
Select Seeds
180 Stickney Hill Rd.
Union, CT 06076
860-684-9310
www.selectseeds.com
Holly Fern
Available at Monrovia Growers
Please visit www.Monrovia.com for a list of garden retailers in your area that carry fine handcrafted Monrovia plants.
Dave's Levi Denim Shirt courtesy of Heritage House, www.BoysSuits.com
Dave's Big Sur Jade Maori Fishhook Necklace by Justis Daniels
