Gardens

Learn about growing vegetables in containers and small spaces on March 3

Even without much space, you can grow vegetables. In this Menlo Park Library program on Wednesday, March 3 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, you'll get

by Contributed Content
on February 28, 2021

Photographer Frances Freyberg visits Filoli to capture early spring blooms

We look forward each year to InMenlo contributing photographer Frances Freyberg's photographs of the first spring blooms at Filoli. Here is a selection from her

by Linda Hubbard
on February 20, 2021

Beekeeper Elizabeth Newell is Peninsula Rose Society guest on February 16

The Peninsula Rose Society invites you to join their monthly Zoom meeting on Tuesday, February 16 at 7:30 pm when they welcome Elizabeth Newell as

by Contributed Content
on February 15, 2021

Spotted: Signs of spring – in February!

Charles Schmuck snapped these pretty pink blooms in the University Heights neigborhood of Menlo Park. As he points out, signs of spring in February has

by Linda Hubbard
on February 10, 2021

Filoli exhibiting its bonsai collection for the first time

For the first time, Filoli will exhibit its extensive collection of more than 50 bonsai, including 100-year-old junipers and more unusual pomegranate and live oak

by Linda Hubbard
on January 14, 2021

Gardening talks continue on first Wednesday of each month

The Menlo Park Library's Garden Talk series takes place on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm. Topics include: -January 6: Get ready for

by Contributed Content
on January 4, 2021

Persimmons for a good cause offered by Menlo Park resident Lisa McPherson

Lisa McPherson has a tree full of Fuyu persimmons. And she's offering them for sale beginning today for what she believes is a very good

by Linda Hubbard
on November 29, 2020

Rick Moen’s little Garden of Eden on Altschul Avenue

Rick Moen has lived on Altschul Avenue off and on his whole life. "My father was a captain for Pan Am, and that took us

by Linda Hubbard
on November 13, 2020

Photographing apple trees at Filoli during Orchard Days

InMenlo contributing photographer Robb Most recently visited Filoli during its Orchard Days which continue through November 1. Robb's son James is an orchardist and he

by Linda Hubbard
on October 16, 2020

Fall season brings Orchard Days to Filoli

Filoli Historic House and Garden, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced its 2020 fall lineup events which begin this weekend with

by Linda Hubbard
on October 2, 2020