Editing Filoli (section)

==Gardens==
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File:FiloliPondandCarriageHouse.JPG|Reflecting pool and former carriage house.
File:Filoli gardens - IMG 9309.JPG|The Chartres Garden
File:Garden pool in Filoli, Woodside, California.jpg|The Sunken Garden
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The {{convert|16|acre|ha}} of gardens are structured as a series of formally enclosed spaces framed by brick walls and clipped hedges, which open one from another, providing long axial views, in which profuse naturalized plantings of hardy and annual plants contrast with lawns, brick and gravel paths, formal reflecting pools, framed in walls and clipped hedging in box, holly, laurel, and yew (''illustration, right'') and punctuated by massive terracotta pots and many narrowly columnar [[taxus baccata#Traditions|Irish yew]]s, originally grown on the estate from cuttings. Filoli is an outstanding example of the Anglo-American gardening style reintroducing Italian formality, that was pioneered at the end of the nineteenth century by [[Edwin Lutyens]] and [[Gertrude Jekyll]] in British gardens and exemplified in the U.S. by designs of [[Charles A. Platt]] and [[Beatrix Farrand]].<ref>McDermott 1984.</ref>

The gardens extend southeast of the house running up an easy slope. The sunken garden is the first of four main rooms; the rectangular pool at its center that houses hardy and tropical water lilies is flanked by twin panels of lawn and two olive trees, within the hedge of clipped Japanese yew. The walled garden consists of a series of enclosures, including the stained glass window design outlined in clipped [[Buxus|box]].

After it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975, Filoli has been open for public tours. Attractions include self-guided tours, guided tours, and nature hikes.

The formal gardens include several areas, including the Wedding Place, named for Berenice Roth's wedding location in 1941. Lurline and Berenice both had their wedding receptions at Filoli, but Berenice's wedding is the only one that has ever taken place at Filoli when it was a private home. The largest gardens are working gardens for the production of cut flowers for the mansion and for the growing of some vegetables.

=== Orchard ===
Filoli Gentlemen's Orchard was started by Bourn family in the early 20th century, however the Roth family did not maintain the orchard and by the 1970s it was in poor condition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ediblesiliconvalley.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/silicon-valley-orchardists|title=Silicon Valley Orchardists 2.0|last=Chapman|first=Robin|date=January 18, 2017|website=Edible Silicon Valley|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref> In 1997, the [[California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.|California Rare Fruit Growers]] began donating rare plants to restore the orchard.<ref name=":0" /> Many of the current 650+ trees in the orchard are lost varieties of fruit and include: 275 varieties of apple trees, 59 pear varieties, 42 peach varieties, 6 [[Mespilus germanica|medlar]], and many more.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/07/12/from-apples-to-oranges|title=From apples to oranges|last=Lee|first=Christine|date=2018|website=Palo Alto Weekly|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019|quote=He volunteers at the Filoli estate in Woodside, maintaining its orchard of more than 650 fruit trees}}</ref>