Gardens

Community Garden Program
For more than 20 years Palo Alto has sponsored a community garden program, which is open to residents only. Organic gardening only. No herbicides or pesticides allowed. Community gardens include the main garden, adjacent to the Main library at 1313 Newell Road, with about 150 plots; Eleanor Pardee Garden, at the corner of Channing Avenue and Center Drive, with 65 plots; Johnson Park Garden, at Kipling and Pine, with 29 plots.
E-mail: catherine.bourquin@cityofpaloalto.org.
Hours: Tue, Thu 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Call Catherine Bourquin at 650-496-5980.

Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden
1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. A 2.3-acre estate with gardens and 1902 Georgian Revival house. Self-guided tours free to public. Formal, woodland and demonstration gardens. Garden classes, monthly luncheons in Main House, special events and Master Gardener hotline and plant clinics. Facilities available for social and business events.
E-mail: admin@gamblegarden.org.
Hours: Garden open during daylight hours. Main House and office open weekdays 9 a.m.-noon
Call 650-329-1356 FAX 650-329-1688.

Rengstorff House at Shoreline Park
3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mtn. View. Traditional Victorian-era garden at the historic Rengstorff House with many roses of the period. Popular site for organization events and weddings. Docent-led tours.
Hours: Park open daily, dawn-dusk. House open to public Tue, Wed and Sun, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Call 650-903-6392.