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Call For Entries: <strong>Filoli</strong> Flower Show, May 9-12, <strong>2013</strong><br />
See Page 3 <strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong><br />
Opening Celebration Admission:<br />
FREE for members or with paid admission<br />
to <strong>Filoli</strong> for non-members.<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> Café<br />
Enjoy delicious variety of soups,<br />
sandwiches, salads and sweet treats!<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> Garden Shop<br />
Shop for potted plants and garden accents,<br />
clothing, seasonal table settings and<br />
housewares, spices and other edibles,<br />
stationery and unique gifts.<br />
f i l o l i<br />
highlights<br />
Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 19, <strong>2013</strong>. Please see page 3.<br />
New Volunteer<br />
Recruitment<br />
Opening Celebration: Daffodil Daydreams<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 22 through Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 24, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Daffodils, camellias, magnolias, flowering<br />
plums and daphne are just of a few of the<br />
spectacular blooms that lead the way at<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> each spring. Whether planted in a<br />
flower bed, naturalized in a field or grown<br />
in a display pot, these flowering beauties<br />
signify the rebirth of the garden. Join us<br />
as we celebrate the spectacular flowering<br />
of <strong>Filoli</strong>’s Garden through three days of<br />
talks, tours, demonstrations and handson<br />
activities. Admission to all activities is<br />
FREE for members or with paid admission<br />
to <strong>Filoli</strong>. Reservations are not necessary.<br />
Don’t miss this year’s spectacular display!<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> is an American Daffodil Society<br />
Display Garden and grows a wide variety<br />
of daffodil cultivars with the purpose of<br />
educating visitors about these wonderful,<br />
easy to grow flowers and how they can be<br />
grown in almost any landscape.<br />
Program Schedule:<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 22<br />
10:30 am -12:30 pm Crafts for Children of all<br />
ages<br />
10:30 am – 11:30 am Talk: Botanical Art:<br />
Historical to Contemporary by Catherine<br />
Watters, <strong>Filoli</strong> Instructor and Florilegium<br />
Artist. Catherine explores the rich history of<br />
botanical art from its earliest beginning to the<br />
20th century including its recent revival and<br />
the important role it plays today.<br />
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Demo: Flower<br />
Arranging with Seasonal Blooms<br />
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Visitors are invited to<br />
photograph and paint in the Garden; tripods<br />
and easels are welcome. Space is limited;<br />
entrance is on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Demo: Cooking with<br />
Seasonal Foods by Ursula Gallichotte,<br />
Chef and <strong>Filoli</strong> Instructor. Ursula shares<br />
with you how to use seasonal foods in new<br />
and creative ways. Watch, taste and get<br />
professional cooking tips, recipes and ideas<br />
for entertaining.<br />
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Walk and Talk: Take<br />
a walk with Mimi Clarke, <strong>Filoli</strong> horticulture<br />
instructor, through the Garden as she<br />
discusses what is needed to maintain the<br />
garden this time of year and prepare for the<br />
upcoming spring and summer seasons.<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 23<br />
10:30 am – 12:30 pm Crafts for Children of<br />
all ages<br />
10:30 am – 11:30 am Talk: What’s in Your<br />
Daffodil Future? by Bob Spotts, Past President<br />
of the Northern California Daffodil Society<br />
(NCDS) and Nancy Tucket, NCDS Member.<br />
Bob and Nancy share their experience and<br />
give helpful tips for growing daffodils in the<br />
Bay Area.<br />
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Demo: Flower<br />
Arranging with Seasonal Blooms<br />
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Demo: Cooking with<br />
Seasonal Foods by Ursula Gallichotte,<br />
Chef and <strong>Filoli</strong> Instructor. Ursula shares<br />
with you how to use seasonal foods in new<br />
and creative ways. Watch, taste and get<br />
professional cooking tips, recipes and ideas<br />
for entertaining.<br />
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Demo: The Timeless<br />
Beauty of Stained Glass by Kim Reaves, <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Instructor. Stained glass is a living palette<br />
of color and light – centuries old yet popular<br />
today. Learn its history, the different methods<br />
of creating it and how to make your own – a<br />
fun and exciting adventure!<br />
— Sunday Programs continued on page 3.<br />
Displays in the Visitor<br />
and Education Center:<br />
• Cut and potted flower display from the<br />
greenhouse and Garden.<br />
• Northern California Daffodil Society.<br />
• The Gentlemen’s Orchard at <strong>Filoli</strong>.
Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
President’s Message<br />
Welcome to <strong>2013</strong> with<br />
new beginnings at <strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
As the incoming President<br />
of Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong> I’m<br />
excited to work with our<br />
new Executive Director<br />
and the Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Board to continue meeting<br />
our mission of supporting<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
The Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
closed 2012 in style with<br />
our winter celebration, Holiday Traditions. “Let There Be<br />
Magic!” provided over 10,000 guests the opportunity to<br />
receive our hospitality and marvel at the creativity of our<br />
volunteers in a spectacular setting. Thank you to all the<br />
volunteers who worked tirelessly throughout the year to<br />
prepare for this event. Special thanks to Judy Gaffney<br />
and Margaret Ong, co-chairs of Holiday Traditions. They<br />
brought the magic and kept us all in great spirits!<br />
The leadership of Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong> changes now. Our<br />
sincere thanks to Pamela Smith, out-going President of<br />
Friends, for leading the organization for the past two years.<br />
Pam’s ability to stay positive while managing change and<br />
provide the strong leadership necessary to meet our<br />
mission at <strong>Filoli</strong> is to be admired and appreciated by our<br />
membership. Luckily Pam will remain on the Executive<br />
Committee as Past President to keep us moving forward.<br />
The Executive Committee welcomes some new officers.<br />
Ann Ritter, VP of Events, Mark Gathmann, VP of Support<br />
Operations, and myself as President of Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
We will join the returning team of Julia Dillingham,<br />
VP of Volunteers Resources and Pamela Smith, Past<br />
President and Chair of the Nominating Committee. All are<br />
experienced leaders who look forward to working with the<br />
Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong> Board.<br />
The new Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong> Board meets early in <strong>January</strong><br />
for orientation. A Volunteer Recruitment Open House,<br />
scheduled for Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 19, is our first public<br />
event. If you are currently not a volunteer please come to<br />
learn about volunteer opportunities at <strong>Filoli</strong>. You may find<br />
a spot to share your talents at <strong>Filoli</strong>, an added benefit of<br />
your membership in Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
Daffodil Daydreams is our Opening Celebration from<br />
<strong>February</strong> 22-24, after <strong>Filoli</strong> officially re-opens on Tuesday,<br />
<strong>February</strong> 5. I hope to see you in the House and strolling<br />
the Garden as it awakens from its winter rest.<br />
— Carol Croce, President, Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
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Save the Date: April 6<br />
Spring Fling at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Please join us for Spring<br />
Fling at <strong>Filoli</strong>. The date to<br />
remember is Saturday, April,<br />
6, <strong>2013</strong>. Mark your calendar<br />
so you don’t forget.<br />
Our young visitors will have<br />
a variety of fun activities<br />
from which to choose:<br />
face painting, creativity<br />
in the potting shed, plus<br />
arts and crafts. Costumed<br />
characters, a puppeteer, the Bubblesmith and others<br />
will bring a smile to your face!<br />
The whole family can enjoy eating a pre-purchased<br />
boxed lunch while listening to music on the Tennis Court.<br />
Animal venues will be located around the property.<br />
The wonderful Garden Shop will be open for your<br />
shopping pleasure. By popular demand, food and other<br />
vendors will be set up in the Courtyard to tempt you with<br />
their fabulous offerings.<br />
The Spring Fling is a perfect time to enjoy the beauty<br />
of <strong>Filoli</strong> and welcome spring by taking a stroll in the<br />
Garden, viewing flowers in bloom and seeing trees at<br />
their best.<br />
Afternoon Tea at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
<strong>2013</strong> Afternoon Tea at <strong>Filoli</strong> dates:<br />
<strong>February</strong> 27<br />
March 27<br />
April 10 and 24<br />
May 22<br />
June 26<br />
July 24<br />
August 28<br />
September 25<br />
October 23<br />
<strong>February</strong> 27 is our first Afternoon Tea of the <strong>2013</strong> season.<br />
Please plan to join us as this very special event continues<br />
at 1:00 pm on the fourth Wednesday, <strong>February</strong> through<br />
October and April 10. Reservations are $45 for members<br />
and $55 for non-members ($55 and $65 in October when<br />
champagne is served) and may be made beginning at 9:00<br />
am on Friday, <strong>January</strong> 11, <strong>2013</strong> by leaving a message at<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 288. Mark your calendar as Afternoon<br />
Teas are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. A card<br />
confirming your reservation will be sent to you soon after<br />
your reservation has been accepted.
Daffodil Daydreams<br />
—Continued from page 1<br />
Sunday, <strong>February</strong> 24<br />
12:00 pm – 3:30 pm Crafts for Children of all ages<br />
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Visitors are invited to photograph and paint in the<br />
Garden; tripods and easels are welcome. Space is limited; entrance is<br />
on a first-come, first-served basis.<br />
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Demo: Flower Arranging with Seasonal Blooms<br />
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Garden Walk with Melissa Reading, President of<br />
the Northern California Daffodil Society – VEC<br />
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Demo: Flower Origami for Children by Keiko<br />
Fujita, <strong>Filoli</strong> Instructor Keiko will demonstrate this traditional Japanese<br />
art of paper folding to create fun and colorful designs using a small<br />
number of basic folds in a variety of ways.<br />
Please Join Us for <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
New Volunteer Recruitment<br />
9:30 am - 11:30 am<br />
Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 19, <strong>2013</strong><br />
at the <strong>Filoli</strong> Visitor and Education Center<br />
Volunteers are proud to support the mission of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
by supporting the organization’s fundraising events,<br />
operations and programs.<br />
Whether your interests lie in working with the public in<br />
the Café or as a House and Garden docent, in nature<br />
education or assisting the horticultural staff with<br />
maintaining the Garden and Orchard, <strong>Filoli</strong>’s diverse<br />
volunteer organization has an area suited just for you.<br />
A reservation is required to attend. Please RSVP by<br />
email to volunteer@filoli.org by Friday, <strong>January</strong> 11,<br />
<strong>2013</strong>.<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> Flower Show: Call for Entries<br />
Mother’s Day Weekend, May 9-12, <strong>2013</strong><br />
“Petal Tales, Once upon a time . . .”<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> is once again looking forward to Spring<br />
and preparing for the annual <strong>Filoli</strong> Flower Show.<br />
Throughout <strong>Filoli</strong>’s House and Garden visitors will be welcomed<br />
with a reminder of new beginnings and spring flowers, live music,<br />
horticultural and educational exhibits, fresh floral displays and<br />
table settings. Talented professional and amateur floral designers<br />
will create and exhibit their floral interpretation of this year’s theme.<br />
This four-day event will begin with an Opening Night Reception on<br />
Thursday evening, and continue through Mother’s Day.<br />
This year’s theme “Petal Tales, Once upon a time…” will remind<br />
us of favorite childhood stories interpreted with flowers. Imagine<br />
interpreting “Jack and the Beanstalk” or “Where the Wild Things<br />
Are.” If you’re interested in participating in this imaginative and<br />
creative show, let us know by returning the interest form below.<br />
We encourage new and returning entries. Anyone can participate;<br />
flower designers and arrangers, professional and amateur. You<br />
may choose to share a plant collection, an elegant table setting, a<br />
garden vignette, a fairy garden, or a delicate miniature depicting<br />
this year’s theme. There will also be a children’s exhibit.<br />
All exhibitors are invited and encouraged to attend the Information<br />
and Site Selection Meeting on Monday, <strong>February</strong> 4, <strong>2013</strong>, from<br />
10:00 am – 11:30 am, in the Ballroom of the House. If you are<br />
unable to attend the meeting, please check the appropriate box<br />
on the form below and send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.<br />
For questions, please contact Virginia Horta at (408) 966-7512<br />
or by email to: gardenofpetals@gmail.com, referencing the <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Flower Show.<br />
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to your participation.<br />
Virginia Horta, Chair<br />
Ann Mori, Co-Chair<br />
FILOLI <strong>2013</strong> FLOWER SHOW INTEREST FORM<br />
Please complete and mail form to :<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>, <strong>2013</strong> Flower Show, Attention: Virginia Horta,<br />
86 Cañada Rd, Woodside, CA 94062<br />
You may also email the form to: gardenofpetals@gmail.com<br />
NAME ________________________________________________<br />
ADDRESS_____________________________________________<br />
CITY/STATE/ZIP________________________________________<br />
PHONE _______________________________________________<br />
EMAIL ________________________________________________<br />
____ I will attend the <strong>February</strong> 4, <strong>2013</strong> meeting in the Ballroom.<br />
I would like to exhibit: (please check appropriate line below)<br />
____ a professional design<br />
____ an amateur design<br />
____ a plant collection<br />
____ a garden vignette<br />
____ a table setting<br />
____ a garden miniature<br />
____ a children’s exhibit<br />
____ a fairy garden<br />
Please forward the Show information to me by:<br />
____ email<br />
____ mail in the ENCLOSED stamped, self-addressed envelope.<br />
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<strong>Filoli</strong> and the United Nations, Part II<br />
By Lynn Norris,<br />
Director of Education, Cummer Museum of<br />
Art and Gardens<br />
With the successful signing of the<br />
United Nations Organization (UNO)<br />
Charter in San Francisco on June<br />
26, 1945, the city began to prepare a bid<br />
to become the permanent home for the<br />
organization. Although in his oral history<br />
Mayor Roger Lapham recalled that his<br />
friend Secretary of State Edward Stettinius<br />
had suggested the idea upon leaving San<br />
Francisco after the signing, in truth planning<br />
had begun almost as soon as the city was<br />
notified of the charter conference. On March<br />
11, 1945, more than a month before the<br />
conference, the Chamber of Commerce<br />
under its president, Walter Haas, met to form<br />
the plan for San Francisco to become the<br />
permanent home for the UNO.<br />
The work of the UNO was well underway<br />
even before the charter was signed.<br />
Unofficially it had already been in operation<br />
as the joint committees that dealt with<br />
“non-political issues” such as refugees<br />
and disarmament that operated under the<br />
League of Nations, continued their work by<br />
changing the nameplates to read the UNO.<br />
The problems were staggering. Millions were<br />
displaced without papers, borders were<br />
fluid, industrial economies were in ruins, the<br />
Soviets were overrunning great swathes<br />
of Europe, and China was heading into<br />
civil war. There was starvation, epidemics,<br />
black markets, liberated concentration<br />
and prisoner of war camp survivors and<br />
de-Nazification. Berlin was so destroyed,<br />
its military governors spoke openly of<br />
abandoning the city altogether and what little<br />
remained the Soviets were looting. Prague,<br />
Dresden, Warsaw, Stalingrad, Leningrad and<br />
Chungking were no better. The war had laid<br />
waste to most of the world.<br />
With Japan’s surrender, the war was finally<br />
over and for an organization now charged<br />
with bringing some measure of order to<br />
a world after Hiroshima, the need for a<br />
permanent home wasn’t high on the priority<br />
list. The UNO was a traveling circus.<br />
Yet, many cities vied to become the permanent<br />
world’s capital. While the first meeting of<br />
the General Assembly was not scheduled<br />
until <strong>January</strong> 1946 in London, jockeying for<br />
what continent would win the permanent<br />
site was underway before the ink was dry on<br />
the charter. The British and Soviets wanted<br />
the headquarters to remain in Europe, but<br />
there was strong international sentiment for<br />
it being in the United States especially from<br />
China, Australia and other Pacific nations. In<br />
September 1945 the Soviets switched sides<br />
temporarily and eight United<br />
States locales were invited to<br />
present proposals to the UNO’s<br />
permanent site sub-committee<br />
in London in December, 1945.<br />
Site approval was set for the<br />
<strong>January</strong> General Assembly<br />
meeting.<br />
<strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights<br />
San Francisco was among them<br />
and Mayor Lapham and Walter<br />
Haas went to London to present<br />
their case. They felt confident<br />
of San Francisco’s chances<br />
as they sat awaiting their turn<br />
to present. New York offered<br />
multiple sites, but not with<br />
great enthusiasm. The architect<br />
chosen for the project was the<br />
first international “starchitect”,<br />
Le Corbusier, the standard-bearer for the<br />
Bauhaus and Modernism (with a capital<br />
“M”), who had definite opinions about the<br />
city of New York in particular. Speaking in<br />
his accustomed “royal we,” he said, “New<br />
York is a terrifying city. For us, it is menacing.<br />
We are not wrong in keeping it at a distance.”<br />
Rhode Island offered Yankee charm and the<br />
Black Hills of South Dakota proudly touted<br />
the best beef in the world. To a hungry<br />
Europe, that wasn’t an offer to lightly dismiss.<br />
Governor Tobin extolled Boston and Sen.<br />
Claude Pepper waved Florida’s flag.<br />
The site committee’s eyes had long glazed<br />
over when Mayor Lapham rose for the final<br />
presentation. Like any good salesman, he<br />
could read his audience and got straight to the<br />
point, making his case that the organization<br />
that had been born in San Francisco, should<br />
stay there. “Meaning no disrespect to other<br />
parts of the United States, I can say it is<br />
easier to work, live and play 3,000 miles<br />
away from the Eastern seaboard.” Yet he did<br />
admit to patches of “high fog” in the summer,<br />
but dismissed this as simply a great method<br />
for staying cool in hot weather.<br />
Lapham then proceeded through a score of<br />
potential Bay Area sites, including four on the<br />
Peninsula. “They were a site in Hillsborough,<br />
presumably Carolands, the Mills Estate from<br />
El Camino to Skyline, [a] tract on Portola<br />
Road and the Palo Alto Spring Valley<br />
property.” <strong>Filoli</strong> was not among them at this<br />
stage.<br />
But all was for naught, as on his way back<br />
to the airport Mayor Lapham learned of a<br />
backroom deal by the British and Soviets<br />
that no site west of the Mississippi would be<br />
considered. He charged “dirty politics!” No<br />
one contradicted him. He immediately set<br />
about working on an appeal.<br />
4<br />
The site committee arriving in San Francisco. Dr. Zuleta<br />
Angel is second from the left. San Francisco History Center<br />
On Feb. 11, 1946, the site subcommittee<br />
recommended a 42-mile site spanning<br />
Westchester County and Stamford/<br />
Greenwich, Connecticut. Le Corbusier<br />
declared the site “as if prepared by [the]<br />
hands of man” for the United Nations.<br />
Where middle-class Stamford, Conn., saw<br />
opportunity, Greenwich and Westchester<br />
County saw socialism. They developed<br />
a severe case of N.I.M.B.Y., a generation<br />
before the term was even coined. The site<br />
encompassed some of the oldest estates of<br />
America’s ruling families including publisher<br />
Henry Luce, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Prescott<br />
Bush and Averill Harriman, all of whom were<br />
passionate internationalists and proponents<br />
of the United Nations’ headquarters being in<br />
the United States--just not in their backyards.<br />
They weren’t at all used to having “imminent<br />
domain” applied to them and feared another<br />
Soviet-style land grab. Opponents fashioned<br />
a “No to UNOville!” campaign that included a<br />
referendum and some clever dirty tricks.<br />
Prescott Bush first leaked news of the visit<br />
to the local press even before it had been<br />
announced. Greenwich Times reporter,<br />
Bernie Udain picked up the phone to hear,<br />
“Boy, have I got a scoop for you.” When<br />
asked if he could go to print, Bush replied,<br />
“Of course, that’s why I’m calling you!”<br />
Public relations executive and Greenwich<br />
resident Amedee Cole recalled hiring two<br />
men to impersonate Syrians, who donned<br />
fez and walked through Greenwich carrying<br />
surveyors’ tools “chattering away in pig Latin<br />
and spooking the shopkeepers.”<br />
Udain remembered, “The anti-U.N. folks<br />
raised a ton of money and they began<br />
spreading rumors that camels would walk<br />
the streets.” Proponents looked to the State<br />
Department for help, but found none. The<br />
Rockefeller, Harriman and Luce names were<br />
too powerful.
Mr. and Mrs. Roth learned of <strong>Filoli</strong> as a UN site<br />
from the newspapers. San Mateo Times and<br />
Daily News<br />
While the site committee continued to visit<br />
different locales, Mayor Lapham was busy<br />
with his San Francisco counter-offensive. It<br />
paid off in the fall of 1946 when a worn-out<br />
site committee finally acknowledged that the<br />
Westchester County site wasn’t going to<br />
happen and asked that proposals once again<br />
be submitted. San Francisco was ready.<br />
On November 12, 1946, the San Mateo<br />
Times went to press with the headline “<strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Estate Site May Be Home of UN.” The<br />
next day Mayor Lapham presented three<br />
proposed sites in the area for consideration:<br />
two in San Mateo County, including the city<br />
land at the south end of Crystal Springs<br />
Lake, a site on Skyline drive and another<br />
site near St. Mary’s College in the East Bay.<br />
The Crystal Springs site was a three-squaremile<br />
site that the mayor promised could be<br />
expanded to include <strong>Filoli</strong>. This would be a<br />
gift to the United Nations.<br />
That <strong>Filoli</strong> was included in the gift was news<br />
to the Roths, who learned about it when<br />
Mr. Roth read it in the evening paper. When<br />
contacted by the press, “He indicated that<br />
the property would be available to the United<br />
Nations should the site be chosen, but said it<br />
would be given reluctantly.”<br />
Just how reluctantly Mrs. Roth recalled<br />
in her oral history, “Well, naturally we were<br />
against it. You didn’t want to be put out of<br />
your home! Roger [Lapham] said he’d help<br />
us all he could, if we’d let him have the<br />
luncheon here.” When she was asked was<br />
there community opposition to <strong>Filoli</strong> being<br />
the site, she said, “No, the hue and cry was<br />
from Lurline and Bill! I really cried! I couldn’t<br />
stand the thought.”<br />
The reconstituted site committee, made up<br />
of representatives from fourteen countries<br />
including the Soviet Union, Great Britain, the<br />
Netherlands, Australia, China and Yugoslavia<br />
was now under the leadership of Dr. Eduardo<br />
Zuleta Angel, former ambassador to the United<br />
States from Colombia. They made an initial<br />
stop to view a Philadelphia site accompanied<br />
by architects, engineers and geologists.<br />
Rare photo of the delegation visiting the Crystal Springs site of the Pulgas Water<br />
Temple. San Francisco History Center<br />
John D. Rockefeller III (right) handing over the check for the<br />
New York site to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie.<br />
United Nations<br />
The delegation flew on to San Francisco on<br />
November 21. After a sixteen-hour flight, the<br />
plane deliberately circled the proposed sites,<br />
which were beautiful in the bright sunlight. By<br />
then, the East Bay site had been eliminated<br />
for reasons that weren’t announced. The<br />
delegates got off the plane and were whisked<br />
to the St. Francis Hotel to be welcomed by<br />
local dignitaries and given a detailed briefing<br />
that included the addition of a new site, the<br />
Presidio, within the city itself. Maps, charts<br />
and photographs were at the ready. By the<br />
end of the meeting, two Bay Area sites had<br />
been selected-- the Crystal Springs site and<br />
the Presidio.<br />
The site committee immediately set out for<br />
the Presidio for a visit. They were favorably<br />
impressed, but the uncertain availability of<br />
the military site and the certainty that there<br />
would be local opposition among San<br />
Francisco residents, had them favorably<br />
disposed toward San Mateo County. Such<br />
was the discussion at the end of the first day<br />
at a cocktail party for the delegation at the<br />
Pacific Union Club.<br />
The next morning a cavalcade of twenty cars<br />
left the St. Francis and headed south for<br />
its first stop, the Pulgas Water Temple. The<br />
weather had proved predictably changeable<br />
and was now threatening rain, which began<br />
once they reached the temple. When they reentered<br />
their cars, a faint sun broke through.<br />
San Francisco Mayor Roger<br />
Lapham worked tirelessly to<br />
bring the UN to the Bay Area.<br />
Every time they stopped to get out, it poured.<br />
It was a soggy party that arrived at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
where Mrs. Roth, as usual, had prepared for<br />
a gracious occasion. Mrs. Roth recalled, “I<br />
wasn’t even invited to the luncheon. I was<br />
supposed to be out of sight.”<br />
The San Mateo Times recorded it in detail.<br />
“Arriving at the sumptuous <strong>Filoli</strong> estate in a<br />
20-car entourage after a drive through the<br />
rain, the delegates were the guests of Mr. and<br />
Mrs. William P. Roth at a buffet luncheon.”<br />
“Cocktails were served in the large reception<br />
room, followed by lunch in the mansion’s<br />
ballroom. The luxurious <strong>Filoli</strong> mansion<br />
furnished an admirable background for<br />
the conference. All of the warm hospitality<br />
of the famed estate was extended to the<br />
delegates. The exquisitely decorated buffet<br />
groaned under the weight of turkeys, hams,<br />
fish, various sauces and tropical foods….<br />
Autumnal centerpieces in silver urns struck a<br />
bright note of yellow leaves, red berries, and<br />
deep pink azaleas, at each of the tables.”<br />
“During the brief period of relaxation, following<br />
luncheon, [State Attorney General Robert]<br />
Kenny matched wits with [Soviet delegate<br />
Ivan] Bassov in a chess game. Cheered on<br />
by a group of onlooking delegates, each<br />
maneuvered the other’s gold and silver<br />
chessmen into difficult positions until Bassov<br />
gained the final checkmate.”<br />
Continued on next page—<br />
5 <strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights
Lectures<br />
Gertrude Jekyll and the<br />
Country House Garden<br />
Friday, March 22, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm<br />
Speaker: Judith Tankard<br />
One of the most important garden designers<br />
of the twentieth century, Gertrude Jekyll<br />
(1843-1932) was a prolific writer and hugely<br />
influential horticulturist. Landscape historian<br />
and author, Judith B. Tankard, will explore<br />
Jekyll’s gardens and her legendary theories<br />
on color, planting and design with a wonderful<br />
selection of some of her famous garden<br />
commissions. She explores Jekyll’s most<br />
important collaborations with Sir Edwin Lutyens, which spanned over<br />
40 years and resulted in such seminal masterpieces of the Arts and<br />
Crafts movement as Hestercombe, Folly Farm and Deanery Gardens.<br />
Mrs. Tankard offers an opportunity to visit these great country house<br />
gardens and more through a selection of superb photographs from the<br />
Country Life archives. Her book of this title will be available for sale and<br />
signing during the reception that immediately follows the presentation.<br />
Fee: $25 members; $30 non-members<br />
Tony Duquette: Legendary Designer<br />
Friday, April 19, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm<br />
Speaker: Hutton Wilkinson<br />
Mrs. Roth was famous for her hospitality and her collaboration with<br />
design icon Tony Duquette made her parties unforgettable. Join Hutton<br />
Wilkinson, president of Tony Duquette, Inc., for a look at the life and<br />
work of this legendary designer, whose client list outside of Hollywood<br />
included style mavens such as Lady Elsie de Wolfe Mendl, the<br />
Duchess of Windsor and Dodie Rosenkrans. He designed costumes,<br />
jewelry, interiors and furniture and was the first American artist to be<br />
given a one-man show at the Louvre. Duquette and his wife Beegle<br />
(Elizabeth) were party-givers extraordinaire at their Dawnridge Estate<br />
in Los Angeles as well. Hutton Wilkinson will share all of this with us.<br />
There will be a book sale, signing and reception immediately following<br />
the presentation.<br />
Fee: $25 members; $30 non-members<br />
Art Exhibitions<br />
Botanical Art Exhibit<br />
April 16 through June 16, <strong>2013</strong><br />
This year we celebrate our 15th Annual<br />
Botanical Art Exhibit. This beautiful exhibit<br />
has long been an essential part of the <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Botanical Art Program’s mission to interpret<br />
and preserve this historically significant<br />
art form. <strong>Filoli</strong> has been a leader in the<br />
renewal of this art form, which combines<br />
the observational skills of the scientist<br />
and the sensibility of the artist. Part of our<br />
commitment is to sponsor an annual nationwide<br />
juried exhibition to showcase the best of<br />
botanical art.<br />
Hippeastrum, Amaryllis<br />
by Regina Gardner Miller.<br />
Artist Reception<br />
Thursday, April 18, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> will host an artist reception for this outstanding exhibition. Artists<br />
are on hand to share their botanical art knowledge and experiences.<br />
In addition, a collection of prints, matted originals and note cards will<br />
be for sale. A visit to the Garden after hours will complete this special<br />
evening. While admission is FREE, reservations are required.<br />
Reservation deadline is Friday, April 12.<br />
CALL FOR ENTRIES<br />
Botanical artists are invited to enter original artwork not previously<br />
exhibited in a <strong>Filoli</strong> botanical art exhibition in any two-dimensional<br />
medium that reflects the rich tradition of botanical art and adheres<br />
to high standards of botanical accuracy. All work will be juried using<br />
digital images. Deadline for entry is <strong>February</strong> 11, <strong>2013</strong>. Download<br />
a Prospectus and Entry Form from our web site at www.filoli.org or<br />
request one by phone to the Education Office at 650-364-8300 x233.<br />
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<strong>Filoli</strong> and the United Nations, Part II<br />
—continued from page 5<br />
Mrs. Roth recalled the visit this way. “So we had the luncheon, and<br />
fortunately it was the worst day you ever imagined. It rained so hard<br />
that everything was just flooded, and all the writers, media, from the<br />
east, from Philadelphia, Washington, and New York, thought this was<br />
the worst place they had ever seen, thought it was just dreadful,<br />
which was very lucky.”<br />
“And they had—it just made me sick—they had all the blown-up<br />
pictures of what it would look like when finished, tacked along the<br />
walls of the ballroom. Which was the most pathetic sight!”<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>’s bubble had indeed burst as delegates quietly expressed<br />
dismay about the site’s isolation. The talk at the delegates’ dinner<br />
that evening at a San Francisco golf club was again of the Presidio.<br />
Dr. Zuleta Angel confirmed this at a news conference. The next day<br />
the delegates spent the morning inspecting the Presidio once more<br />
and then were off to the Stanford/Cal game. The “Big Game” at<br />
Berkeley headlines dwarfed the news of the delegation’s departure<br />
for Boston on Sunday. It was Stanford 25, Berkeley 6.<br />
The New York Times article read “Site Group Cools on San Francisco”<br />
because of the lengthy cross-country journey and the continued<br />
opposition of the Soviets and Great Britain to any site off the East<br />
Coast. Mayor Lapham was still confident that San Francisco would<br />
be the eventual home for the UNO and work began on securing the<br />
Presidio site.<br />
The site committee returned to New York from their last stop in<br />
Boston and began immediately touring sites in New York with the<br />
papers there covering it like a horse race. When the odds-on-favorite<br />
Flushing Meadow failed to show, dark horses appeared in upstate<br />
New York. A new Westchester site was on the table and Averill<br />
Harriman offered his father’s old estate, Arden, in Sterling Forest that<br />
had been used as a convalescent home during the war.<br />
But the Rockefellers had something else entirely in mind, which was<br />
announced on December 13, 1946. At the behest of his son Nelson,<br />
who had been part of the U.S. delegation to the San Francisco<br />
conference, John D. Rockefeller Jr., offered a check for $8,500,000<br />
as a gift to the UNO to buy land along the East River in a warehouse<br />
and tenement district. The UNO readily accepted.<br />
For Le Corbusier, “we” obviously overcame “our” fear and the United<br />
Nations complex opened for business in 1949 in a sleek, modern<br />
high-rise where it has been home to the world’s squabbles ever<br />
since. Each October, Manhattan traffic gridlocks and helicopters<br />
whirl overhead as motorcades bearing diplomats from 193 member<br />
nations descend for the opening session.<br />
For <strong>Filoli</strong>, Mrs. Roth summed it up quite nicely. “It’s all turned out for<br />
the best.”<br />
Sources:<br />
Lapham, Roger D., An Interview on Shipping, Labor, San Francisco City<br />
Government and American Foreign Aid. Berkeley: University of California,<br />
1957.<br />
New York Times (New York, NY.) 1945-1946.<br />
Powell, Michael. “How the U.N. Came to Be in Manhattan,” Washington<br />
Post, October 26, 2003.<br />
Roth, Lurline. Matson and Roth Family History: a Love of Ships, Horses,<br />
and Gardens. Berkeley: Regents of the University of California, 1982.<br />
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, CA.) 1945-1946.<br />
San Mateo Times and Daily News Leader (San Mateo, CA.) 1945-1946.<br />
The author gratefully acknowledges Kristen Sammons for her help with<br />
research.
Botanical Art<br />
f iloli education programs<br />
Introduction to Botanical Art<br />
Dates:<br />
Friday, March 1<br />
and Saturday,<br />
March 2<br />
Time:<br />
9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor:<br />
Catherine Watters<br />
Have you admired<br />
botanical art<br />
but questioned<br />
whether you could<br />
do it? If so, this is<br />
just the class for<br />
you. This two day<br />
hands-on workshop<br />
Drawing Plants in Perspective I Botany through Drawing<br />
Dates and Times:<br />
Dates and Times:<br />
Fridays, <strong>January</strong> 25 and <strong>February</strong> 1,<br />
Tuesday, <strong>February</strong> 26, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm<br />
9:00 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Tuesdays, March 5, 12 and 19,<br />
Friday, <strong>February</strong> 15, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm 9:00 am – 12:00 pm<br />
Instructor: Catherine M. Watters<br />
Instructor:<br />
This foundation course teaches students Lee McCaffree<br />
to accurately draw plants by observing Studying botany<br />
basic botanical shapes and structures and increases your<br />
illustrating them in great detail with botanical understanding<br />
accuracy. Each of the five sessions focuses and ability to<br />
on one shape to emphasize and develop be a successful<br />
Strawberry by<br />
Catherine M. Watters.<br />
observation and foreshortening skills.<br />
Students learn to interpret hidden edges<br />
to achieve a believable drawing and work<br />
on shading skills through value contrast to<br />
create three-dimensional shapes. Students<br />
enrolled in the Certificate Program are given<br />
homework assignments in each session.<br />
Fee: $235 members; $280 non-members<br />
Prerequisite: none<br />
botanical artist. By<br />
understanding the<br />
structure of stems,<br />
leaves, flowers and<br />
Primula by<br />
roots, an artist can<br />
Lee McCaffree.<br />
be more creative in<br />
arranging an accurate plant portrait. Each class<br />
will explore a different aspect of plant structure<br />
and growth as well as plant families and<br />
nomenclature. Students exhibit what they have<br />
Early Spring Flowers<br />
Watercolor Pencil Workshop<br />
Date: Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 14<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor:<br />
learned through a series of drawings. Students<br />
enrolled in the Certificate Program are given<br />
homework assignments in each class.<br />
Fee: $235 members; $280 non-members<br />
Prerequisite: none<br />
Nina Antze<br />
Watercolor pencils<br />
are a wonderful<br />
tool for outdoor and<br />
travel journaling.<br />
They also provide<br />
a nice base for<br />
doing colored<br />
pencil drawings.<br />
Using watercolor<br />
pencils and regular Camellia by Nina Antze.<br />
colored pencils we<br />
will focus on the first flowers of spring. Learn<br />
to create delicate washes and then build up<br />
color to create intensity and luminosity. Match<br />
Master Class: Watercolor on Vellum<br />
Dates: Wednesday, March 20 through<br />
Saturday, March 23<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Carol Woodin<br />
This intensive master<br />
class will provide all the<br />
tools needed to produce<br />
beautiful paintings on<br />
vellum. After a brief<br />
discussion about<br />
vellum and its unique<br />
qualities, we will head<br />
Peony by<br />
out into the Garden<br />
Carol Woodin.<br />
to choose a peony as<br />
the lightest petal and give your leaves a lovely your subject. To enhance the liveliness of<br />
glow.<br />
our depictions of these dramatic flowers, you<br />
Fee: $80 members; $95 non-members will sketch them in graphite and watercolors<br />
Prerequisite: none<br />
in the garden, then your subjects will be<br />
cut to bring into the classroom. Through<br />
discussion, demonstration, and practice<br />
A complete program schedule,<br />
you will learn about transferring, cleaning,<br />
and refining drawings, and building intense,<br />
descriptions, hours of credit,<br />
prerequisites, materials lists<br />
and instructor biographies are<br />
available on our web site at<br />
www.filoli.org.<br />
fresh color through transparent dry brush<br />
layering. You will learn a variety of techniques<br />
specific to vellum that can increase options<br />
in approaching botanical subjects. A<br />
demonstration of stretching vellum over a<br />
panel will be given. Each student will have a<br />
painting substantially advanced or completed<br />
by the end of the class.<br />
Fee: $460 members; $550 non-members<br />
Fee includes vellum.<br />
Prerequisite: Intermediate watercolor skills<br />
introduces traditional botanical art skills<br />
such as plant observation, drawing, color<br />
mixing and watercolor painting using leaves,<br />
flowers and fruit as models. No previous art<br />
experience is needed.<br />
Fee: $200 members; $240 non-members<br />
Fee includes all materials.<br />
BOTANICAL ART<br />
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> has been a<br />
leader in the renewal<br />
of this exquisite art<br />
form, which combines<br />
the observational skills<br />
of the scientist and the<br />
sensibility of the artist.<br />
Our Botanical Art<br />
Certificate Program<br />
is an essential part<br />
of <strong>Filoli</strong>’s mission<br />
to preserve this<br />
historically significant art form by offering a<br />
unique in-depth study of botanical art through<br />
challenging, integrated and comprehensive<br />
courses. The curriculum includes the<br />
systematic study of artistic skills and concepts,<br />
basic botany and botanical art history. A<br />
certificate will be presented upon successful<br />
completion of course work (180 classroom<br />
hours plus homework) and presentation of a<br />
portfolio and final project.<br />
Enrollment in the certificate program is not<br />
necessary to participate in these classes<br />
however, prerequisites must be completed.<br />
To enroll in the Certificate Program, please<br />
complete the enrollment form available on our<br />
web site.<br />
<strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> 2012, <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights • Education Section • Ed:1
Art and Decorative Art<br />
Watercolor for Beginners<br />
Dates: Thursday,<br />
<strong>February</strong> 7 through<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 9<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor:<br />
Guy Magallanes<br />
Explore the many<br />
ways to use watercolor<br />
in this class, created<br />
specifically for the<br />
beginner and those<br />
with a little experience.<br />
Through step-by-step<br />
instruction, discover the fundamentals of working<br />
with watercolor, including making a watercolor<br />
wash, applying glazes and textures, mixing<br />
colors and more. This class lays the foundation<br />
for continued learning and participation in other<br />
watercolor workshops at <strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
Fee: $300 members; $360 non-members. Fee<br />
includes all materials.<br />
More classes with Guy –<br />
Glazing and Color Mixing, March 14 through 16<br />
Masking and Glazing Techniques, June 6<br />
through 8<br />
Class Descriptions and registration will be<br />
available on our web site.<br />
Oil Painting for Beginners I<br />
Dates: Friday, <strong>February</strong> 22<br />
and Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 23<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Laurie Johnson<br />
Discover the many ways to use oil paint in this<br />
class, created specifically for the beginner and<br />
those with a little experience. Through stepby-step<br />
instruction, learn the fundamentals of<br />
working with oil paint while creating a painting of<br />
your very own. This class lays the foundation for<br />
continued learning and participation in other oil<br />
painting workshops.<br />
Fee: $180 members; $215 non-members. Fee<br />
includes all materials.<br />
More classes with Laurie —<br />
Oil Painting for Beginners II, April 25 and 26<br />
Class Description and registration will ba<br />
available on our web site.<br />
Calligraphy Workshop<br />
Dates:<br />
Thursdays, <strong>February</strong> 28<br />
through March 21<br />
Time:<br />
9:00 am – 12:00 pm<br />
Instructor:<br />
Sara Loesch Frank<br />
Calligraphy is Greek<br />
for “beauty writing.”<br />
It is the art of writing<br />
in an expressive,<br />
harmonious and skillful<br />
manner. Develop the<br />
skill of lettering through<br />
careful instruction and<br />
practice using a broadedged<br />
pen. Add flair to<br />
your correspondence,<br />
Blushed by<br />
Guy Magallenes.<br />
Sweet Peas by Sara<br />
Loesch Frank.<br />
journals, invitations and announcements,<br />
artwork, and more. Former students are<br />
welcome to attend to further their studies<br />
through independent instruction. This is a<br />
Botanical Art Certificate program “elective”<br />
course. Prerequisite: none.<br />
Fee: $150 members; $180 non-members<br />
<strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights • Education Section<br />
Drawing Basics I<br />
Dates: Fridays, March 1 through 22<br />
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm<br />
Instructor: Clelia Lion<br />
Build your observational skills and discover how<br />
to realistically reproduce shapes, forms, values<br />
and textures in pencil. Easy exercises in drawing<br />
and shading build your confidence and ability in<br />
preparation for your final projects: accurate and<br />
detailed renderings of plants or animals. More<br />
advanced students may also complete lessons<br />
with pen and ink or colored pencil. Bring your<br />
#2 graphite pencil and a good, non-staining<br />
eraser. All other materials are provided. Former<br />
students are welcome to attend to further their<br />
studies through independent instruction.<br />
Fee: $160 members; $190 non-members<br />
More classes with Clelia —<br />
Drawing Basics II, Fridays April 12 through May 3<br />
Class Description and registration will be<br />
available on our web site.<br />
Photography Workshops<br />
Instructor: Susan Rosner<br />
Learn how to create better images! With its<br />
brilliant colors and<br />
breathtaking scenery,<br />
the Garden at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
provides wonderful<br />
opportunities to create a<br />
variety of extraordinary<br />
images. These<br />
workshops include<br />
classroom instruction<br />
on equipment use and<br />
technique, field shoots<br />
with plenty of individual<br />
attention and friendly<br />
critiques.<br />
All photographs by<br />
Susan Rosner.<br />
iPhone<br />
Photography<br />
Dates: Wednesday, <strong>January</strong> 23, Saturday,<br />
<strong>February</strong> 9 or Saturday, March 16<br />
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<br />
Learn how to get the most out of your iPhone<br />
camera. This camera shoots great still photos<br />
and wonderful movies! Put your new skills to<br />
work in the <strong>Filoli</strong> Garden and get acquainted<br />
with some cool features. Discover how to<br />
download and edit your images and get<br />
familiar with some exciting new editing apps.<br />
Fee: $60 members; $75 non-members. Bring<br />
your iPhone fully charged and a booster /<br />
auxiliary battery if you own one.<br />
iPhone Photography II<br />
Dates:<br />
Wednesday,<br />
<strong>February</strong> 20,<br />
Saturday,<br />
March 23 or<br />
Saturday,<br />
April 20<br />
Time: 9:00 am<br />
– 1:00 pm<br />
Building on the skills you mastered in iPhone<br />
I, this workshop will provide you with more<br />
information on handling the camera, exploring<br />
new applications in depth and editing and<br />
organizing your images in your camera and<br />
the iPhone community, which is exploding<br />
with possibilities on the Internet.<br />
Fee: $60 members; $75 non-members<br />
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Seasons at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Capture the seasons at <strong>Filoli</strong> through these<br />
fun and informative workshops.<br />
Time: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm<br />
Winter - Friday, <strong>February</strong> 22 and<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 23<br />
Spring - Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6<br />
Summer - Friday, July 26 and Saturday,<br />
July 27<br />
Fee for each workshop: $115 members; $140<br />
non-members<br />
Introduction to Landscape Photography<br />
Dates: Tuesday, March 12 and<br />
Thursday, March 14<br />
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm<br />
Gardens provide wonderful opportunities to<br />
make a variety of stunning images. Begin<br />
with a classroom discussion on camera<br />
techniques, proper exposure and elements of<br />
composition. Then go out into the Garden and<br />
apply the techniques you have just learned.<br />
Come back into the classroom to review, get<br />
valuable feedback and further lessons.<br />
Fee: $115 members; $140 non-members<br />
Postcards and Note Cards From Start<br />
to Finish<br />
Date: Friday, April 19<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Get the whole picture, from taking the shot to<br />
creating a final image. Basics such as setting<br />
up your camera, taking a good shot and when<br />
to use flash will be covered in this class. Once<br />
you have the shots, learn how to get them off<br />
the camera and edit them to create cards for<br />
all occasions.<br />
Fee: $75 members; $90 non-members<br />
Macro Photography<br />
Dates: Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27<br />
Time:<br />
9:00 am – 1:00 pm<br />
Unlock the world<br />
of close-up<br />
photography. Capture<br />
the beauty and<br />
detail of the inside<br />
of a flower! See the<br />
magic! When you<br />
shoot macro, focus<br />
is all important. You have to make a decision<br />
about exactly what part of the flower you want<br />
to be in sharp focus: the pistil, the stamen, the<br />
petal? Learn these techniques and more while<br />
refining your skills.<br />
Fee: $115 members; $140 non-members
Introduction to Stained Glass<br />
Date: Wednesday, March 13<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Kim Reeves<br />
Learn the basics of the<br />
copper foil technique<br />
and leave with a finished<br />
project that you made<br />
yourself. In this fun and<br />
engaging hands-on<br />
class, you’ll learn about<br />
design and patterns,<br />
cut and grind glass (it’s easier than you think),<br />
and how to apply copper foil, solder the pieces<br />
together, and finish with a patina and polish. No<br />
experience necessary.<br />
Fee: $140 members; $170 non-members. All<br />
tools and materials provided.<br />
Pique Assiette Workshop<br />
Date: Saturday, March 16<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Dori Powell<br />
Discover the popular French mosaic technique<br />
of using pieces of broken ceramics and other<br />
found objects arranged in patterns or designs to<br />
create one-of-a-kind stepping stones, table tops,<br />
pottery and more. In this one-day workshop,<br />
students learn the entire process and create two<br />
unique and colorful garden stepping stones.<br />
Fee: $90 for members; $110 for non-members<br />
Children and Families<br />
Nature Hikes<br />
Saturdays, <strong>February</strong> 9 through October 26*<br />
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm<br />
Did you know that <strong>Filoli</strong>’s nature preserve has<br />
more than seven miles of trails crisscrossing<br />
six different types of native California habitats?<br />
Join experienced Nature Education Docents on<br />
a guided two-hour hike along some of these<br />
well-maintained trails. Experience the beauty<br />
and tranquility of our nature preserve while<br />
learning about our natural environment and the<br />
wildlife that makes <strong>Filoli</strong> their home.<br />
Fee: Free for members or with paid admission<br />
to <strong>Filoli</strong>: $15 adults, $12 seniors, $5 students.<br />
Fee includes same-day admission to <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
House and Garden on a self-guided basis.<br />
Reservations are required. To make<br />
reservations contact Visitor Services by email<br />
to tours@filoli.org or by phone to 650-364-<br />
8300, extension 507.<br />
*There are no hikes in August. Some Special<br />
Events include nature hikes; Special Event<br />
prices apply. Please visit our web site at www.<br />
filoli.org for <strong>2013</strong> Special Event dates.<br />
Note: Fees for children’s art classes include<br />
all materials and are for one child. Their adult<br />
companions can enjoy a tranquil visit to the<br />
House and Garden.<br />
Embroidery Classes<br />
Instructor: Lucy Barter<br />
Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric with<br />
a needle and thread or yarn. Its age of origin is<br />
unknown, but examples survive from Ancient<br />
Egypt, Iron Age Northern Europe and Zhou<br />
Dynasty China. <strong>Filoli</strong>’s permanent collection<br />
includes rare pieces of embroidery, so we are<br />
pleased to continue teaching this important art<br />
form. Using kits designed by the instructor, a<br />
graduate of the Royal School of Needlework<br />
at Hampton Court, students create individual<br />
pieces using a different technique in each<br />
workshop. These classes require no experience<br />
but can also be good for an accomplished<br />
embroiderer to brush up on techniques.<br />
Stumpwork<br />
Date: Friday, April 12<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Stumpwork is made up of raised embroidery<br />
elements, such as silk-shaded 3D wired petals<br />
and leaves, or wings to a butterfly. The thread<br />
used in this class is embroidery floss on a<br />
twill background fabric, with some wired gold<br />
threads and swatches of fabric for making the<br />
3D components. Some of the stitches used<br />
are also used in Jacobean embroidery, and in<br />
class you will see how they can be used to<br />
create a very different embroidery look.<br />
Fee: $95 members; $115 non-members<br />
Art Discovery Series<br />
For children ages 7 through 11<br />
Instructor: Laura Garcia<br />
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm<br />
Explore the many<br />
ways you can interpret<br />
what you see in your<br />
surroundings and<br />
have fun creating<br />
impressive works of art.<br />
Discover how to draw<br />
wildlife, make unique<br />
collages and watercolor<br />
masterpieces and draw<br />
flowers in the garden!<br />
These fun classes will<br />
open doors of discovery<br />
through insightful instruction and personal<br />
guidance.<br />
Fee for each class: $25 members;<br />
$30 non-members<br />
Wildlife Drawing<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 9<br />
Visit our nature museum, get close to the<br />
wildlife of <strong>Filoli</strong> and discover how to draw<br />
animals.<br />
Drawing Creepy Crawlers (Insects)<br />
Saturday, March 9<br />
Find out how to draw creepy crawlers<br />
using pictures and insects from our nature<br />
museum. Simple shapes are the key!<br />
Watercolor Wonders<br />
Saturday, April 20<br />
Discover the many ways you can use<br />
watercolor to create a one-of-a-kind work of art.<br />
Collages<br />
Saturday, May 18<br />
Create an expressive collage using a wide<br />
variety of fun objects.<br />
Introduction to Embroidery<br />
Dates: Saturday, April 13<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Discover the artistry of embroidery through<br />
hands-on lessons using a range of embroidery<br />
stitches that have been used in embroidery<br />
throughout the ages. Listen to interesting<br />
historical accounts as you learn and practice<br />
stitching. Experiment with a variety of thread<br />
types such as cotton, silk, wool and gold.<br />
Fee: $95 members; $115 non-members<br />
More classes with Lucy —<br />
Box Making, Friday, May 17<br />
Crewelwork, Saturday, May 18<br />
Whitework, Friday, June 21<br />
Monogram Paperweight, Saturday, June 22<br />
Program descriptions and registration will be<br />
available on our web site.<br />
Botanical Art<br />
For children ages 8 and up<br />
Saturday, April 13, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Catherine M. Watters<br />
This fun hands-on class introduces children to<br />
the wonderful world of botanical art, including<br />
fundamental principles, drawing skills and<br />
color mixing using graphite pencil and colored<br />
pencils. The class begins with a walk through<br />
the arden where the teacher will show the<br />
students all the different parts of a plant that<br />
they will draw. Then it’s back to the classroom<br />
for two hours of thoughtful instruction and<br />
drawing.<br />
Fee: $35 members; $40 non-members. Fee<br />
includes all materials.<br />
Flower Origami<br />
For children ages 8 through 12<br />
Date: Saturday, March 2<br />
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm<br />
Instructor: Keiko Fujita<br />
Origami is the<br />
traditional Japanese<br />
art of paper folding,<br />
which started in the<br />
17th century. The<br />
goal of this art is<br />
to transform a flat<br />
sheet of paper into<br />
a finished sculpture<br />
through folding and<br />
sculpting techniques.<br />
The number of basic origami folds is small, but<br />
they can be combined in a variety of ways to<br />
make beautiful designs. In this exciting new<br />
class students will learn to create a variety of<br />
flowers from brightly colored paper. Everyone<br />
will bring home their own collection of origami<br />
flowers.<br />
Fee: $35 members; $40 non-members<br />
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Home Floral Design<br />
Getting Started:<br />
Flower Arranging for Everyone!<br />
Date: Saturday, March 9<br />
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Instructors: Wendy Morck<br />
Flower arranging is a fun and creative way<br />
to bring the garden indoors and brighten<br />
your home. Find out how to cut, condition,<br />
arrange and display flowers through insightful<br />
demonstrations and hands-on learning. Take<br />
home your very own creation for further<br />
enjoyment.<br />
Fee: $65 members; $80 non-members. Fee<br />
includes all materials.<br />
Home Floral Design<br />
Certificate Program<br />
The <strong>Filoli</strong> Home Floral Design Certificate<br />
Program returns for<br />
its 17th consecutive<br />
year. Anne Patrick,<br />
world-renowned<br />
designer and one of<br />
the Bay Area’s most<br />
popular instructors,<br />
will once again<br />
be the primary<br />
instructor of this<br />
very exciting and<br />
rewarding program.<br />
A Certificate of<br />
Completion is awarded to students who<br />
complete all three core classes listed below and<br />
three “enrichment” programs of their choosing.<br />
Enrichment programs are listed below and on<br />
our web site. Participation in the core classes<br />
is not necessary to attend the enrichment<br />
programs.<br />
Class dates and times:<br />
Mondays and Tuesdays, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Beginning – March 4 through 19<br />
Intermediate – April 8 through 23<br />
Advanced – June 3, 4, 17 through 25<br />
Fee for each class: $445 members;<br />
$535 non-members<br />
Fee includes all classroom plant materials<br />
and containers. There will be three homework<br />
assignments given in each class (beginning,<br />
intermediate and advanced); you are<br />
responsible for purchasing the plant materials.<br />
Enrichment Classes:<br />
Artistic, Modern and<br />
Clean Floral Design<br />
Date:<br />
Saturday, April 20<br />
Time:<br />
9:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Instructor:<br />
Virginia Horta<br />
Learn to make<br />
arrangements in a<br />
unique artistic form by using flowers just on<br />
their own or with very little foliage in order<br />
to emphasize the flower’s importance and<br />
show-off their beauty. This popular trend is<br />
referred to as a “clean” design. A modern<br />
design starts with a “clean” design to which<br />
other elements are added. This new class<br />
also includes instruction on how to buy and<br />
condition flowers and how to work with floral<br />
foam.<br />
Fee: $65 members; $80 non-members. Fee<br />
includes all materials.<br />
Horticulture<br />
<strong>January</strong> and <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong>, <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights • Education Section<br />
Rose Care Series<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
Learn how to care for your<br />
roses year round from the<br />
former lead horticulturist,<br />
who helped maintain <strong>Filoli</strong>’s<br />
600 plus rose plants.<br />
Series Fee: $95 members;<br />
$115 non-members<br />
Individual class fee: $35 members;<br />
$40 non-members<br />
Pruning and Care: Climbers, Ramblers<br />
& Scramblers<br />
Date: Wednesday, <strong>January</strong> 16 or<br />
Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 19<br />
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Pruning and Care: Hybrid Tea Roses<br />
Date: Wednesday <strong>January</strong> 16 or<br />
Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 19<br />
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm<br />
Summer Rose Care<br />
Date: Saturday, June 22 or<br />
Wednesday, June 26<br />
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Pruning Classes<br />
Instructor: Kate Nowell<br />
Specific pruning topics are taught through<br />
informative demonstrations and handson<br />
practice. Each workshop begins with a<br />
demonstration followed by guided, hands-on<br />
practice.<br />
Fee for each class: $35 members;<br />
$40 non-members<br />
Fruit Trees<br />
Date: Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 26<br />
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Wisteria<br />
Date: Saturday, <strong>January</strong> 26<br />
Time: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm<br />
Hydrangea Care<br />
Dates and Times:<br />
Wednesday, <strong>January</strong> 30,<br />
10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 2,<br />
10:30 am – 12:30 pm or<br />
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
Hydrangeas are classic<br />
garden plants enjoying popularity in the modern<br />
garden. While easy to grow, they require<br />
special care to reach their blooming potential.<br />
Learn about hydrangea growing requirements,<br />
pruning, propagation and cutting during this<br />
garden talk and demonstration.<br />
Fee: $35 member; $40 non-member<br />
Veggie Garden Basics<br />
Dates and Times:<br />
Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Saturday, March 23, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
Bring diversity to your garden by growing<br />
a variety of vegetables. Learn how to grow<br />
vegetables in containers and throughout<br />
your garden. Special attention will be paid<br />
to planning and designing for a year-round<br />
harvest and figuring out what crops work in<br />
your particular situation. Topics such as soil<br />
preparation, amendments, fertilizers, and a<br />
variety of harvesting techniques will also be<br />
discussed.<br />
Fee: $35 members; $40 non members<br />
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A Year in the Garden Series Part I<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
This informative series<br />
is for the home gardener<br />
who wants an in-depth<br />
understanding of plants<br />
and gardening. Courses<br />
will cover a broad range<br />
of topics including plant<br />
growth and plant uses,<br />
garden design and<br />
seasonal maintenance.<br />
This series is suitable for<br />
the novice gardener or<br />
those with some prior knowledge or experience.<br />
A Certificate of Completion will be given to<br />
those completing all 13 courses.<br />
Series Fee: $450 members; $540 nonmembers.<br />
Fee includes all course materials<br />
and handouts.<br />
Dates and times vary. Please see www.filoli.<br />
org for exact dates and times.<br />
<strong>February</strong>: Botany for Gardeners Part I;<br />
The Winter Garden<br />
March: Botany for Gardeners Part II;<br />
Pruning Demystified<br />
April: Soil Management;<br />
Landscape Tree and Shrub ID<br />
May: Garden Design;<br />
Landscape Perennial and Annual Plant ID<br />
June: Plant Propagation;<br />
Pruning Spring Bloomers<br />
July: The Joys of Summer; Pest Management<br />
September: Autumn Color Maintenance<br />
A Year in the Garden Series Part II<br />
Dates: Wednesdays, <strong>February</strong> 20, April 24 and<br />
June 19<br />
Hours: 10:30 am – 3:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
Open to all students who have completed<br />
the A Year in the Garden Series Part I, this is<br />
an opportunity to gain further knowledge in<br />
the art of pruning and to go deeper into plant<br />
identification. This 6 class series will take place<br />
on 3 different days. On each of those days<br />
you will spend the morning learning pruning<br />
techniques through informative demonstrations<br />
and the afternoon on plant walks gaining further<br />
knowledge of plant material. There will be a<br />
plant identification test at the end of each class.<br />
Fee: $215 members; $260 non-members<br />
Pruning Demystified<br />
Date: Saturday, March 23<br />
Time:<br />
10:30 am – 12:30 pm<br />
Instructor: Mimi Clarke<br />
In this course you will<br />
learn the basic principles<br />
and practices of proper<br />
pruning techniques. You<br />
will become familiar with<br />
the terminology, and<br />
practices of commonly used techniques for<br />
pruning a variety of landscape plants. This<br />
course takes place outdoors.<br />
Fee: $35 members; $40 non-members
CAMELLIA RENOVATION<br />
AT FILOLI<br />
by<br />
Paul Cady<br />
The camellia collection at <strong>Filoli</strong> is an extensive<br />
and historic part of the garden. Of the more than<br />
100 species of camel lia worldwide, <strong>Filoli</strong> has<br />
nine species and hybrids; our largest collections<br />
are of Camellia japonica, C. sasanqua, and C.<br />
reticulata, with C. japonica cultivars being the<br />
best represented. Most of the camellias at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
were planted by Mrs. Roth when she was in<br />
residence from the 1930s to the 1970s, mainly in<br />
the walled and woodland gardens. Camellias can<br />
also be found around the house, Garden Shop, and<br />
near the balustrades along the lawns. Camellias<br />
are in bloom from late October to May.<br />
Camellias at <strong>Filoli</strong> are pruned extensively every<br />
year to encourage flowering, remove dead wood,<br />
and maintain their size and shape. The goal of<br />
our pruning is to create a small tree or shrub with<br />
a uniform branch structure supporting a dense<br />
canopy, which will produce a wall of flowers when<br />
in bloom. Most of our camellias are shaped into<br />
specific forms, while others in less formal areas<br />
are allowed to expand and grow to their full sizes.<br />
This latter tactic was employed for many years<br />
in the walled and woodland gardens, resulting in<br />
large mature plants. Unfortunately, the eventual<br />
A JOURNAL FROM THE<br />
GARDEN AT FILOLI<br />
size of the camellias was not taken into account at<br />
planting. The result was overcrowding and a tall,<br />
arching canopy with few lower branches and large<br />
dimensions out of scale with the surrounding<br />
garden. Because camellias flower on previous<br />
year’s growth, most of the growth was at the top<br />
and the majority of the flowers were high off the<br />
ground where no one could see them.<br />
Due to overcrowding, inaccessibility of flowers,<br />
and general scale issues, the decision was made<br />
in 2008 to renovate the Camellia japonica and<br />
C. sasanqua shrubs in the walled and woodland<br />
gardens. Renovation is an accepted horticultural<br />
practice for reducing the size of camellias. Once a<br />
hard cut (renovation) is made, the dormant buds in<br />
the trunks have the ability to sprout and grow into<br />
new branches. At <strong>Filoli</strong> we do not renovate C.<br />
reticulata as we have found they do not respond<br />
as well, if at all, to hard renovation pruning.<br />
Before considering renovation, you should realize<br />
that pruning begets more pruning; once you<br />
begin pruning, the plant will have to be pruned<br />
every year to retrain and maintain the shape and<br />
size. Depending on the eventual size, the time<br />
commitment for pruning can be sizeable. If<br />
not properly trained after the initial renovation,<br />
the plant will produce copious amounts of<br />
weak, spindly growth, which is not conducive<br />
to creating an attractive, well maintained shrub<br />
and will probably leave you with a less desirable<br />
specimen. At <strong>Filoli</strong> we have committed ourselves<br />
to the necessary extra pruning time.<br />
Starting in 2008, and continuing to the present,<br />
the horticultural staff has been systematically<br />
renovating the overgrown specimens. In general,<br />
most plants have been brought down to a height<br />
between 6 and 10 feet, though some plants in<br />
the centers of beds have been left taller. All the<br />
sawing work was done with hand saws, rather<br />
than chain saws, to ensure clean, precise cuts.<br />
Plants were renovated into loose pyramidal<br />
shapes, with the top of the pyramid being as close<br />
to the middle of the plant as possible (see upper<br />
left photo, page 2). A strong horizontal branching<br />
pattern is ideal, and this was taken into account<br />
when pruning decisions were made. Sides were<br />
cut hard to maintain the structure of the pyramid,<br />
while leaving room for new growth to fill in and<br />
create the desired horizontal branching effect.<br />
Some vertical side growth was removed even if<br />
it created holes in the shrub, because removing<br />
vertical growth encourages bud sprouting from<br />
the inside of the plant, creating a better horizontal<br />
structure.<br />
Ideally, all renovation would be done in late<br />
winter in order to give the most time for new<br />
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Three stages of camellia renovation: in the upper left photo, a large specimen has been dramatically renovated; the upper right photo shows<br />
the resulting flush of dormant shoots; and in the photo below, the shoots have been thinned in order to develop the new branches.<br />
growth to occur. Time constraints being what they<br />
are, and so that visitors wouldn’t miss too many<br />
years of flowers, camellia renovations at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
start after flowering<br />
finishes and continue<br />
through summer. In<br />
order to minimize the<br />
time without flowers,<br />
the entire plant is done<br />
at once. In a home<br />
landscape, renovation<br />
projects could be<br />
undertaken over<br />
multiple years with<br />
the top being done one<br />
year and the sides done<br />
the next. This would<br />
prolong the project<br />
but would maintain at<br />
least some flowering<br />
over the duration of the<br />
renovation. Depending<br />
on the aggressiveness,<br />
working over multiple<br />
years would avoid<br />
completely denuding<br />
the entire plant and will<br />
help the plant put on<br />
new growth faster.<br />
After the initial large<br />
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cuts are made to define the outline, the plant<br />
is left to resprout. In our experience, the more<br />
material removed, the longer it will take for the<br />
latent buds to sprout.<br />
Historically we have<br />
had good success with<br />
resprouting, but have<br />
lost a couple of plants.<br />
Most of the plants we<br />
lost were renovated<br />
to two feet from the<br />
ground. Leaving a<br />
more significant trunk<br />
for resprouting would<br />
therefore be a good idea.<br />
Making sure the plant is<br />
well watered and doesn’t<br />
experience any drought<br />
stress while recovering<br />
is also beneficial. Extra<br />
fertilization is not<br />
necessary.<br />
The training process<br />
begins the first<br />
spring after the initial<br />
renovation. Most of the<br />
resprouting will happen<br />
at the top of the plant<br />
where the cuts were<br />
made (see upper right
A B C<br />
Here, the process is depicted in an easier to visualize manner. Drawing A shows a camellia before renovation. Drawing B shows the same<br />
tree after the renovation cuts have been made. Drawing C shows the flush of new sprouts, with Circle 1 detailing the burst of new shoots,<br />
and Circle 2 showing the same branch after thinning and heading cuts have been made. All photos and drawings by the author.<br />
photo). Other buds will sprout further down the<br />
trunk, but unless the plant is in a lot of sun, there<br />
probably won’t be much sprouting in the bottom<br />
third of the plant. Since the goal of renovations<br />
at <strong>Filoli</strong> is size control in addition to flower<br />
promotion, we thin or cut back most of the new<br />
growth.<br />
Starting at the top, any new sprouts growing into<br />
the center, rather than toward the outside, can<br />
be removed or cut back to two buds. Multiple<br />
sprouts often form from the same bud. Leave the<br />
strongest, remove any others, then cut the sprout<br />
back to two buds (bottom photo, previous page).<br />
If possible, trim sprouts back to an outward facing<br />
bud. This is especially important for sprouts on<br />
the bare lower portions of the trunks. Buds sprout<br />
in the direction they are facing- outside facing<br />
buds sprout toward the outside of the plant, inside<br />
facing buds sprout toward the inside of the plant.<br />
Even the slightest directional encouragement can<br />
be helpful when training camellias. As part of<br />
the training process, horizontal branching of new<br />
shoots is to be encouraged.<br />
The rest of the plant can be pruned in a similar<br />
manner, i.e., cut back most of the new growth<br />
to two buds, thin out congested sections, and<br />
encourage horizontal branching whenever<br />
possible. Occasionally, the original renovation<br />
cuts may not have taken back the main stems<br />
to where they should optimally be located for<br />
good structural regrowth. If this is the case, the<br />
main trunks can be further cut back to maintain<br />
the shape. Any pruning should be done before<br />
the camellia sets flower buds for the next year,<br />
usually before mid-July to August. Flower buds<br />
are much fatter than vegetative buds and can be<br />
easily distinguished.<br />
All the hard pruning cuts should make the plant<br />
respond vigorously throughout the growing<br />
season. This may necessitate another pruning in<br />
the late winter to take off the longest branches to<br />
highlight the flowers. Care should be taken not<br />
to remove any flower buds that may have formed.<br />
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The second year after renovation should produce<br />
sporadic flowering. Pruning and training the<br />
second year is similar to the first year, with some<br />
thinning at the top and pruning to encourage<br />
horizontal branching and dense growth. The<br />
shape of the plant should start to become visible<br />
at this point and it will be easier to see what<br />
will need to be pruned to maintain the desired<br />
form. Continue in this vein year after year, and<br />
eventually the plant will become the desired size<br />
and shape.<br />
Renovation is an effective method for maintaining<br />
and reshaping old and overgrown camellias. As<br />
long as proper pruning happens in the years after<br />
renovation, plants can be safely and effectively<br />
brought back into a proper garden size. The end<br />
result, long term, will be a more beautiful, better<br />
shaped plant to enjoy for many years.<br />
For further reading on camellias and camellia<br />
renovation, please see the following excellent<br />
reference books available in the Friends of<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> Library: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of<br />
Camellias by Stirling Macoby, Camellias: The<br />
Gardener’s Encyclopedia by Jennifer Trehane,<br />
and Camellias Illustrated by Morrie L. Sharp.<br />
Paul Cady was formerly the assistant horticulturist in the<br />
Walled and Woodland Gardens. He left <strong>Filoli</strong> last summer to<br />
pursue his Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecure from<br />
the University of Georgia.<br />
The Sundial Times<br />
The Sundial Times is a quarterly supplement to the<br />
Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong> Highlights.<br />
Jim Salyards, Editor<br />
Alex Fernandez, Managing Editor<br />
Paul Littlepage, Proofreader<br />
Paul Cady, Contributing Writer<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>, 86 Cañada Road. Woodside, CA 94062<br />
(650) 364-8300<br />
Website: www.filoli.org; Email: jsalyards@filoli.org<br />
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CAMELLIAS IN CONTAINERS<br />
by<br />
Jim Salyards<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> has a long tradition of camellias in the garden<br />
and for many years has used these wonderful<br />
evergreen plants in containers for display. Not only<br />
do they provide a stunning floral display when in<br />
bloom in the fall, winter and spring (depending on<br />
variety), but, because of their beautiful, glossy green<br />
leaves and an elegant habit, they also make a great<br />
foundation plant or specimen on a patio or added<br />
to any outdoor living space. Planting camellias in<br />
containers also provides an opportunity to grow them<br />
when general growing conditions are not favorable.<br />
There are a few rules for care specific to camellias,<br />
but many of the requirements apply to most shrubs<br />
grown in containers.<br />
Best Varieties<br />
Camellia species and cultivars with compact habits<br />
and short internodes work best and are the easiest<br />
to maintain in shape and size. C. sasanqua and C.<br />
japonica tend to work best, but<br />
other species can be grown in<br />
containers as well. Varieties<br />
in the Higo group have short<br />
internodes and beautiful,<br />
lustrous green growth with<br />
smaller flowers. Some of<br />
the varieties we have had the<br />
best success with include C.<br />
japonica cultivars ‘Panache’,<br />
‘Debutante’, ‘Buttons ‘n’ Bows’<br />
and ‘C.M. Wilson’.<br />
Light and Environment<br />
For optimal growth, camellias<br />
require semi-shade with special<br />
attention to protection from<br />
hot summer sun. Containers<br />
should be rotated regularly to<br />
promote even growth. The best<br />
location for a camellia is on the<br />
north or east side of structures,<br />
beneath trees or under eaves<br />
or a lathe ceiling. Camellias<br />
also like humidity, especially<br />
during the dry days of summer.<br />
Washing the foliage with water<br />
spray keeps the plants looking<br />
attractive and healthy.<br />
Soil<br />
Camellias require an acid soil that is rich in organic<br />
matter, but also one that drains well. The organic<br />
component can be any combination of peat, compost,<br />
leaf mold or composted bark. Our containers are<br />
potted with <strong>Filoli</strong>’s soil mix which is a ratio of five<br />
parts redwood compost to three parts perlite to two<br />
parts each coarse peat, sand and compost.<br />
Water and Fertilization<br />
Consistent moisture is critical for healthy, vigorous<br />
growth of camellias. Their roots are very fibrous<br />
and tend to form a mat at the soil surface. The<br />
entire soil surface needs to be kept evenly moist,<br />
Camellia ‘Buttons ‘n’ Bows’ in the Garden House.<br />
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but never soggy. Because surface roots are prone<br />
to burning, fertilizers should be of the slow-release<br />
type, like Osmocote, and applied every six weeks.<br />
Alternatively, an acid liquid feed every week or so<br />
during growing season after the plants have finished<br />
blooming is also acceptable. A non-chemical based,<br />
slow-release fertilizer is cottonseed meal applied at<br />
four pounds per 100 square feet four times per year.<br />
Roots will burn with application of soluble, high<br />
nitrogen fertilzers like ammonium sulfate.<br />
Potting and Repotting<br />
Timing for potting and repotting is critical. Potting<br />
should be done when the plants are dormant, or when<br />
there is no new growth visible. However, the best<br />
time is actually when the plants are blooming. When<br />
choosing a container for your camellia, one with a<br />
soil volume no more than 2-3 times that of the plant<br />
is best. For easy removal of the root ball when<br />
repotting, choose containers with straight or outwardsloping<br />
sides. Container plants should be potted up a<br />
pot size every year or two to reach desired size.<br />
Once the plant has achieved its ultimate size, which<br />
depends on the camellia variety and the space the<br />
plant is given, it should be repotted in the same pot<br />
every 2-3 years depending on<br />
the vigor of the plant. Remove<br />
the plant from the pot, carefully<br />
tease the dense outer root layer<br />
apart and proceed by scratching<br />
away soil so that one to two<br />
inch root segments are exposed.<br />
For many plants, and especially<br />
for camellias, a good technique<br />
is to use a hose with a highpressure<br />
nozzle to gently wash<br />
away the outer soil. Trim the<br />
roots and remove any long,<br />
circling roots on the outside<br />
edge of the root ball.<br />
Repot with fresh soil making<br />
any adjustments to plant angle<br />
as necessary, center the trunk in<br />
the pot and cock the root ball to<br />
straighten the trunk. Don’t make<br />
the mistake of potting the plant<br />
too high. Leave enough room<br />
so that the plant has a watering<br />
reservoir of about two inches<br />
down from the lip of the pot.<br />
Water the container thoroughly.<br />
Pruning<br />
Camellias develop their flowers at the outer end of<br />
the canopy. The best time to prune the plant for<br />
the most bloom is when they are dormant and in<br />
bloom. Heading back the branches to good healthy<br />
buds promotes more blooming. Pruning a camellia<br />
by thinning out branches opens it up but reduces its<br />
bloom. Maintain size and shape with regular pruning.<br />
Shape the plant as it grows, removing unwanted<br />
branches when still small. Never remove more than<br />
one-third of the leaf area at any one time.<br />
This article orginally was printed in the Fall 2003<br />
issue of the Sundial Times. The editors felt it would<br />
be a good companion to the lead article on camellia<br />
renovation.
Friends of <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Board of Directors <strong>2013</strong><br />
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:<br />
President Carol Croce<br />
VP, Events Ann Ritter<br />
VP, Support Operations Mark Gathmann<br />
VP, Volunteer Resources Julia Dillingham<br />
Secretary Nyna Dolby<br />
Past President/Nominating Chair Pam Smith<br />
COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS:<br />
Art Committee Pat Park, David Sheetz<br />
Café Betty Zambetti, Sylvia Stoudt<br />
Floral Design Joan Upton, Donna Pellizzari<br />
Flower Arrangers Wendy Morck<br />
Garden Information<br />
Services<br />
Carol Hardesty, Caroline Zlotnick<br />
Garden Shop Staffing Janet Filippi<br />
Garden Volunteers Ann Mori, Deborah Iacoponi<br />
Hospitality Edith Phillips, Madeline Brane<br />
House and Garden Docents:<br />
School Tours Suzy Ferrari<br />
Guided Kay Andersen, Greg Mellberg<br />
Self-Guided Lorraine Nielson, Roxann Salgo<br />
Training Coordinator Florence Bell<br />
Library/Collections Diane Lawrence, Carole Farina<br />
Member Services Nancy Shannon<br />
Nature Education Heidi Brown<br />
Orchard Interpretation Don Andersen<br />
Video Bob Mitchell<br />
Visitor Services Kathy Bertonneau<br />
EVENT CHAIRS AND CO-CHAIRS:<br />
Spring Fling Peggy Anderson, Sue Pierce<br />
Jazz at <strong>Filoli</strong> Laurie Sells, Chuck Horton<br />
Flower Show Virginia Horta, Ann Mori<br />
Wine with Roses Katie Treu, Denise Schmid<br />
Twilight Garden Strolls Deborah Maufer, Ellen Berryhill<br />
Autumn Festival Gitti Kalkuhl, Donna Mollenhauer<br />
Holiday Traditions Margaret Ong, Jackie Hasenstab<br />
“<strong>Filoli</strong> Features” is <strong>Filoli</strong>’s Online Newsletter<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> launched its first online newsletter in <strong>January</strong> 2007. We<br />
continue to send the online newsletter to all <strong>Filoli</strong> members<br />
each month.<br />
If you do not already receive <strong>Filoli</strong> Features, please share<br />
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Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. It will also be important to<br />
add newsletter@filoli.org to your email address book.<br />
<strong>2013</strong><br />
Schedule of Events<br />
SPECIAL EVENTS AND IMPORTANT DATES—<br />
<strong>February</strong> 5 <strong>Filoli</strong> opens for the season at 10:00 am<br />
<strong>February</strong> 22-24 Opening Celebration:<br />
Daffodil Daydreams, Informative<br />
demonstrations, walks, talks and crafts<br />
<strong>February</strong> 27 Afternoon Tea— Continues 4th<br />
Wednesdays and April 10 through<br />
October<br />
April 6 Spring Fling— Activities and<br />
entertainment for the entire family<br />
May 9-12 <strong>Filoli</strong> Flower Show<br />
Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend<br />
with family and friends<br />
June-September Jazz at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Six Sunday afternoon concerts<br />
June 11 Member Benefit Event:<br />
Twilight Garden Stroll<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>’s way of saying “Thank You”<br />
to members<br />
July 10 Member Benefit Event:<br />
Reception and Lecture<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>’s way of saying “Thank You”<br />
to members<br />
July 20 An Evening of Wine with Roses<br />
An elegant evening of wine tasting<br />
and hors d’oeuvres in the Garden<br />
August 2-4 Summer Celebration:<br />
The Great Big Garden Bonanza<br />
Informative demonstrations,<br />
walks, talks and crafts<br />
August 21 Member Benefit Event:<br />
Twilight Garden Stroll<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>’s way of saying “Thank You”<br />
to members<br />
September 12 Member Benefit Event:<br />
Reception and Lecture<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong>’s way of saying “Thank You”<br />
to members<br />
September 28 Autumn at <strong>Filoli</strong> Festival<br />
Celebrate the harvest and enjoy<br />
family entertainment<br />
October 27 <strong>Filoli</strong> closes for the season at 3:30 pm<br />
November 29- Holiday Traditions at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
December 7 Parties, dining, dancing and shopping<br />
For Holiday Closings and to Learn more<br />
throughout the year, visit <strong>Filoli</strong>’s website at<br />
www.filoli.org<br />
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filoli center<br />
86 Cañada Road<br />
Woodside, CA 94062-4143<br />
(650) 364-8300 Main Number<br />
(650) 366-7836 Fax<br />
friends@filoli.org<br />
Contact <strong>Filoli</strong>:<br />
Information and Visitor Services<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 509<br />
Fax: (650) 367-0724<br />
visitorservices@filoli.org<br />
Group Tours<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 208<br />
tours@filoli.org<br />
Member Services, Ticket Office,<br />
Memberships & Gift Memberships<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 508<br />
Fax: (650) 503-2090<br />
membership@filoli.org<br />
tickets@filoli.org<br />
Volunteer Opportunities<br />
volunteer@filoli.org<br />
Meeting Facilities Rental<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 208<br />
visitorservices@filoli.org<br />
Education Department<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 233<br />
classes@filoli.org<br />
Afternoon Tea at <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 288<br />
Support <strong>Filoli</strong>:<br />
www.filoli.org/support-us<br />
Gifts & Bequest Information<br />
(650) 364-8300, ext. 228<br />
gifts@filoli.org<br />
Visit <strong>Filoli</strong>: www.filoli.org<br />
Connect with <strong>Filoli</strong>:<br />
Online Newsletter Sign-up<br />
www.filoli.org/enewsletter<br />
Photos in this issue by Cindy McArthur,<br />
Darlene Hampton, Bob Mitchell,<br />
Margaret Mitchell, Kate Nowell and others.<br />
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<strong>Filoli</strong> Mission Statement:<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> is dedicated to the preservation, interpretation and stewardship of the<br />
cultural traditions and natural history of this country estate for public education<br />
and enjoyment.<br />
Plan Your Visit To <strong>Filoli</strong><br />
Visitor Services Contact Information:<br />
Phone: (650) 364-8300, ext. 509<br />
Fax: (650) 367-0724<br />
Email: visitorservices@filoli.org<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Season and Hours: <strong>Filoli</strong> is open<br />
<strong>February</strong> 5 through October 27, <strong>2013</strong>, Tuesdays -<br />
Saturdays, 10:00 am to 3:30 pm (last admission<br />
is at 2:30 pm); Sundays, 11:00 am to 3:30 pm<br />
(last admission is at 2:30 pm); closed Mondays.<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> is also closed in observance of all federal<br />
holidays and Easter Sunday.<br />
Admission: All visitors must check in<br />
at the Visitor & Education Center and<br />
receive a sticker that provides them<br />
entrance to the House and Garden. Free<br />
to current <strong>Filoli</strong> and National Trust for Historic<br />
Preservation members. Non-members — Adults<br />
$15, Seniors $12 (65 years and older), K-12<br />
educators with employee I.D. from adjoining<br />
counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco,<br />
San Mateo, Santa Clara) and students $5 (ages<br />
5-17 or with valid student ID); children 4 years<br />
and younger are free. Group rates are available<br />
for groups of 12 or more adults. Additional fees<br />
in effect for everyone on Special Fundraising<br />
days. <strong>Filoli</strong> is wheelchair-accessible on the<br />
first floor of the House and some areas of the<br />
Garden. <strong>Filoli</strong> does not provide wheelchairs or<br />
strollers. Please inquire at Visitor Services for<br />
the best route for wheelchairs and strollers.<br />
Visiting: A map is available and docents are<br />
present in both the House and Garden to answer<br />
questions. There is also a continuously running<br />
15-minute video in the Visitor & Education<br />
Center on the history of <strong>Filoli</strong>.<br />
Tours and Hikes: All tours are free with<br />
the price of admission. Prepaid advanced<br />
reservations are recommended. Contact Visitor<br />
Services for times and reservations.<br />
House & Garden Tours: Available Tuesdays<br />
– Saturdays. These docent-led tours are about<br />
two hours long and cover the main floor of the<br />
House and the Garden.<br />
Orchard Tours: Available Wednesdays<br />
and Saturdays at 10:30 am beginning June<br />
1. Docent-led tours of <strong>Filoli</strong>’s Gentlemen’s<br />
Orchard require sturdy footwear and last about<br />
one and a half hours.<br />
Nature Hikes: Available most Saturdays at<br />
10:00 am. These docent-led hikes cover about 3<br />
miles of trails, wildlife, plants, and history, and<br />
take approximately 2 hours. Visitors must hike<br />
with a docent. Children must be 5 years or older.<br />
School Tours & Hikes: <strong>Filoli</strong> serves school<br />
children and teachers through three curriculumbased<br />
programs: Nature Education Hikes<br />
(Grades 2-6), House and Garden Tours (Grade<br />
4), and Native Plants/Native Ways (Grade 4).<br />
Information regarding these offerings can be<br />
found at www.filoli.org/education. Click on<br />
“Teachers and School Programs.”<br />
<strong>Filoli</strong> Garden Shop: Open during <strong>Filoli</strong>’s<br />
open hours, you’ll find a wonderful array of<br />
unique and seasonal items for the home and<br />
garden including a selection of gift items,<br />
apparel, gardening books, plants and seeds.<br />
Café at <strong>Filoli</strong>: Open Tuesdays – Saturdays<br />
from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm and Sundays from<br />
10:30 am – 3:30 pm. Enjoy a variety of<br />
delicious food including soups, sandwiches,<br />
salads, quiches, sweet treats, cold drinks, tea<br />
and coffee. Boxed lunches for groups of 8 to<br />
20 persons may be ordered in advance. Please<br />
email visitorservices@filoli.org with any<br />
group lunch inquiries and café@filoli.org with<br />
any café inquiries.