California Garden & Landscape History Society

The California Garden and Landscape History Society (CGLHS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization.

Western Hills Garden, Photo: Aaron Landworth

Our Aims:

to celebrate the beauty and diversity of California’s historic gardens and landscapes
to promote wider knowledge, preservation, and restoration of California’s historic gardens and landscapes
to organize study visits to historic gardens and landscapes as well as to relevant archives and libraries
to offer opportunities for a lively interchange among members at meetings, garden visits and other events

Conferences and Other Events:

We hold an annual conference at diverse locations around California. The conference focuses on the landscape history of a region. Lectures, receptions, tours of private and public gardens as well as cultural landscapes are highlights of the conference. Opportunities are offered to visit archives, nurseries, and to network with people of similar interests at receptions, luncheons, and tours.

We also hold one-day events throughout the state. Members come together to explore a cultural landscape, or to celebrate well-known garden designers, or visit an important archive. For example, among the events, in 2010 we visited the Scripps College Campus (Claremont, Calif.) and the King Gillette Ranch (Calabasas, Calif.)

Our Journal:

Eden: The Journal of the California Garden and Landscape History Society is published quarterly. It includes articles based on original research, reprints from other sources of interest to our members, relevant book reviews, news, and a calendar of garden & landscape events throughout the state.

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MARCH 15, 2013

CGLHS Event

April 12-14, 2013
Fresno, California

A Fresno Frolic
This spring escape with us for a trip to the one of our state's least known treasures, the historic city of Fresno, founded in 1872.

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