The Historic Garden League is dedicated to restoring and maintaining the gardens of historic Monterey to enhance the knowledge and appreciation of Old Monterey’s unique buildings and gardens.
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Beauty in the Garden
Casa del Oro Garden
The Historic Garden League, in conjunction with the Monterey State Historic Park, maintains this lovely garden located at the corner of Scott and Pacific streets in Monterey. Plantings vary from season-to-season and year-to-year, allowing for a continually evolving garden. The name of the garden, Casa del Oro, “house of gold,” sets the stage for its stunning color scheme — multiple hues of yellow, surrounded by accents of blues, purples, and oranges. The inclusion of a water fountain, herb garden, benches, and walkways makes the Casa del Oro Garden the gateway to the State Historic Park. It provides the visitor with an unobstructed view from the First Theater to Pacific House.
Open daily
Historic Gem of Monterey
Cooper Molera Garden
The historic Cooper Molera Adobe includes two adjacent adobe homes, a bakery café, a restaurant, a barn event space,and beautiful gardens and grounds, all on roughly 2.5 acres surrounded by a historic adobe wall in downtown Monterey. Renovations of this 1827 landmark began in 2016, including the spectacular orchard, rose garden, herb garden, and scented geranium garden. Learn more about the museum, restaurants, and gardens by visiting the informative Cooper Molera Adobe website.
Open daily
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Become a Member
If you love gardening and enjoy enriching your life with friendships, the Historic Garden League is the place for you.
As a nonprofit educational organization, we depend on the generous donations from members. Funds support the purchase of plants and the work required to develop, maintain, and preserve Monterey’s historic gardens.
Members enjoy activities best suited to them – offerings include volunteer gardening, educational programs, plant sales, and informal social get-togethers.
We hope that you will choose to be a member today.
