A Garden Lover’s Tour of English Gardens and the Lessons Learned

Date: February 12, 2025
Speaker: Jim Salyards, Director of Horticulture at Filoli
Title: A Garden Lover’s Tour of English Gardens and Lessons Learned
(please check westernhort.org for details and disregard the 10 RSVP limit listed here on this meetup page)

In-person meetings are held at the Garden House in Shoup Park, 400 University Ave, Los Altos near Lincoln Ave.
These meetings include a sale of diverse plant varieties donated by members and local nurseries as well as books, seeds, tools and other horticultural items. All are welcome! $10 for non-members (join at $35/yr), free for WHS members and students. Doors open at 7pm, but you are welcome to help us set up at 6:30pm.

Summary: While on sabbatical from Filoli and touring gardens in England for a month during the
summer of 2024, Jim was able to enjoy the supreme horticulture found throughout England, while
taking home many ideas, inspirations and lessons from his 63 garden visits. Jim spent a week in
four different locations, including a week at Sissinghurst Castle and other nearby gardens. At
each stop he toured with the Head Gardener or Curator to take a deeper dive into the special aspects
of the work done at each garden, gleaning ideas to take back to Filoli in order to improve the
horticulture there.

Biography: Jim is the director of horticulture at Filoli, the garden he has called home for the past 30
years. He has worked as a section gardener, greenhouse manager and served as the director since
2014.