Autumn at Filoli Festival October 1, 2011

Filoli welcomes everyone, especially families, to this historic site’s annual Autumn at Filoli Festival, on Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Activities are planned for all ages including live music, docent-led nature hikes, the popular Happy Birds shows, autumnal art projects, puppet and magic shows, face painting, and the supervised Family Fun Land of outdoor games and activities for children.

The festival also includes fruit tasting of rare heirloom pears, apples and grapes from Filoli’s orchard. Docent-led tours of the historic orchard that contains more than 650 varieties of heirloom fruit will take place throughout the day.

Filoli, located in Woodside, CA, is recognized as one of the finest remaining country estates of the early 20th century. The 654-acre property includes a 36,000 square-foot residence furnished with an extensive collection of 17th and 18th century English antiques and 16 acres of English Renaissance gardens that showcase an exquisite horticultural collection. Established as a private residence in 1917 and opened to the public in 1976 to promote cultural and horticultural endeavors, Filoli is a historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Filoli is open Tuesdays through Sundays and is closed in observance of all Federal holidays. For more information about Filoli, please visit www.filoli.org.

Official Website: http://www.filoli.org/special-events-and-exhibits/autumn-festival.html