[conspire] Sunset Gardens, Menlo Park: Visit now or never

[Paul Zander]

I certainly hope everyone had the chance for a last visit to a really great place.  I made a point of going to the last of the annual Sunset Celebration Weekends this June.

It would have been well-worth the regular admission price, but through a connection, I got in as a volunteer.  After talking to the gardening experts, see cooking demos and dreaming about travel, I spent a couple hours pouring beer.  Which meant I didn't have to buy a ticket to quench my thirst!

I hope their new facilities serve them well, but they won't be as convenient for us in the South Bay.

Paul
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From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: conspire at linuxmafia.com 
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 5:17 PM
Subject: [conspire] Sunset Gardens, Menlo Park:  Visit now or never


The famous Sunset Publishing gardens will close forever on Friday.
If you're in the area, you should go, or you'll always wonder why 
you missed the chance.


http://inmenlo.com/2015/10/26/hey-menlo-park-this-week-is-last-opportunity-to-visit-sunsets-wonderful-gardens/

Hey Menlo Park: This week is last opportunity to visit Sunset's
wonderful gardens

One Menlo Park resident, who also is a Sunset employee, alerted us about
this post by Erika Ehmsen, also a Sunset employee:

  As we begin boxing up our Cliff May ranch house in preparation for our
  dual moves to Oakland's Jack London Square and Sonoma's Cornerstone,
  we'll be closing the gates to Sunset's gardens on October 30, 2015.

  The last self-guided tour of our gardens -- designed for us by
  influential landscape architect Thomas Church -- will be at 4:00 pm this
  Friday, with our doors closing to the public at 4:30 pm.

  Garden tours are free and available 9:00 am to 4:00 pm weekdays
  through October 30.  No reservation is needed unless you're bringing a
  group of 10 or more; complete tour information is on our Web site.

  When you arrive, stop in the lobby to pick up a free brochure that will
  guide you on a walking tour of our 7-acre gardens, including our
  3,000-square-foot Test Garden and -- in the main garden -- planting beds
  representing major climate zones of the West: hardy succulents and
  cactus for the arid deserts of Southern California and the Southwest,
  majestic California oaks and coast redwoods, lush dogwoods and
  rhododendrons of the Northwest, and more.


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