Editing Filoli (section)

=== Roth family and National Trust for Historic Preservation ===
Following the deaths of William and Agnes Bourn in 1936, the estate was sold the following year to Mr. William P. Roth and Mrs. [[Lurline Matson Roth]], heiress to the [[Matson Navigation Company]]. The Roth family built Filoli's botanic collections of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas, notably in the Woodland Garden, and added the serene swimming pool and the screened-in teahouse.<ref>McDermott 1984:31.</ref> In 1975,<!--1976 given in McDermott 1984--> Mrs. Roth donated the estate in its entirety to the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]], with an endowment that helps support annual operating expenses.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Purvis |first=Andrew |date=May 2019 |title=Filoli: Garden of a Golden Age |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/filoli-garden-of-a-golden-age-14012904/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Seehaus |first=Karen |date=March 9, 2005 |title=Spring Fling: Ring in spring at one of the Bay Area's own historic treasures |periodical=The Wave Magazine |location=San Jose, California |volume=05 |issue=5 |page=30 |url=http://www.thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=25221 |access-date=July 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927061642/http://www.thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=25221 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> 

In 2023, Filoli hosted the first meeting on U.S. soil in several years between U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] and Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]] on the sidelines of the [[APEC United States 2023|2023 APEC summit]] in San Francisco.<ref name="Rogers" /> The two world leaders met at Filoli on November 15, 2023, during President Xi's visit to California.<ref name="Rogers" />  Although Filoli had been popular for many years with Asian tourists visiting the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] (due to its gardens and its prominent appearance in the [[opening credits]] of the [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''), the extensive press coverage of the Xi-Biden meeting led to a surge of interest among both Chinese and Chinese American tourists.<ref name="Li">{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Han |title=Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s APEC Visit Becomes a Selling Point at This Bay Area Garden |url=https://sfstandard.com/2023/12/06/bay-area-filoli-garden-xi-biden-meeting/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=The San Francisco Standard |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>