QUARRYHILL GARDEN IN GLEN ELLEN

THIS GARDEN WAS CREATED AND PURCHASED BY JANE JENSEN IN 1968. A NURSERY WAS ESTABLISHED WITH YOUNG PLANTS FROM ASIA BY 1990. THIS 20 ACRE AREA HAD BEEN A QUARRY WITH DEPRESSIONS, THUS ITS NAME. THEY CREATED PONDS AND SMALL DRAINAGES OR BROOKS. THEY HAVE MOSTLY SOME LARGE CHINESE AND JAPANESE TREES THAT WERE FLOWERING. THEY ALSO PUT IN SOME GROUND COVER TO KEEP EROSION FROM HAPPENING. THEY HAVE LABELED EVERYTHING WITH LATIN NAMES. THEY HAVE SOME NATIVE PLANTS SUCH AS DOUGLAS FIR AND GREY PINE. THIS WAS A SPECIAL EVENT FOR EARTH DAY AND MANY FOLKS WERE ELDERS. I ALSO SAW SOME CHILDREN. IT WAS A PERFECT TEMPERATURE. THEY HAD BUTTERFLY BUSHES AND ORIENTAL WOODEN BRIDGES. THEY HAD A LITTLE CART TO GET OLDER FOLKS UP HILL.