Unique Experiences
Quarryhill Botanical Garden Director's Tour & Weekend Stay
- Item Number
- 101
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 900 USD to je8498e01
- Number of Bids
- 5 - Bid History
Item Description
This package for up to 4 people includes:
- Admission to Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, California
- A private tour of the garden with Executive Director Bill McNamara
- Weekend stay in guest cottage, which sleeps up to six guests, at Quarryhill Botanical Garden for 2 nights. (Value: $295/night)
Quarryhill is a 25-acre botanical garden of mature, flowering Asian trees and shrubs located in the heart of California’s Sonoma Valley. Founded in 1987, Quarryhill is one of the pre-eminent Asian botanical gardens globally, featuring one of the largest collections of documented, wild-collected Asian plants in the world. Visitors will find magnolias, dogwoods, maples, birches, roses, lilies, rhododendrons – more than 25,000 plants -- throughout gardens laced with paths and hidden places to sit and relax, while surrounded by ponds, waterfalls, and vistas of the Sonoma Valley.
A noted plant explorer, botanist, and horticulturist, Bill McNamara has been instrumental in the development of Quarryhill since its beginning. Bill worked closely with founder Jane Davenport to establish the garden dedicated to advancing the conservation, study, and cultivation of the flora of Asia. He holds a master’s degree in conservation biology from Sonoma State University. In 2017, the American Horticultural Society presented him with its highest honor, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award for lifetime achievements in horticulture.
Item Special Note
Best times to visit: all seasons in the garden have their own beauty.
Conditions/limitations for this item: tour to be arranged at a mutually agreeable time subject to host’s availability by November 1, 2018; minimum of 2-4 weeks advance notice requested.
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