Source Guide 167
micro-vineyards/Filoli Garden
A new way to landscape: microvineyards; The life and style of a country estate: Filoli; Dave's Faves: Godetia, Signet Marigold, Holly Fern.
A new way to landscape: the micro-vineyard.
Eddy Szyjewicz and Nancy Rosner help homeowners plan, plant and harvest grapes for their own micro-vineyards 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, then 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.
Filoli Center
86 Canada Road
Woodside, CA 94062
650-364-8300 x 507
www.filoli.org
Dave's Favs
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
Horticultural craftsmen since 1926. Please visit their website for a list of retailers in your area that offer handcrafted Monrovia plants.
www.Monrovia.com
Dave’s Levi Brand Denim Shirt courtesy of Heritage House
www.boyssuits.com
Mt. Rainier Greenhouse by Sunshine Garden House
Water Feature Design by:
Aquascape, Inc.
www.aquascapeinc.com
Constructed by
Alliance Land and WaterScapes
2173 San Miguel Canyon Rd.
Prunedale, CA 93907
1-888-MY-USA-POND
www.alliancewaterscapes.com
Rock and gravel used for this project provided by:
Graniterock, Monterey Peninsula Concrete, and Building Supplies
1755 Del Monte Blvd.
Seaside, CA 93955
831-392-3700
www.graniterock.com
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