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{{short description|Historic house in California, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{infobox historic site
| name = Filoli
| image = Filoli Main House Entrance.jpg
| caption = Exterior of Filoli, used as the Carrington Mansion on the television series ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''
| built = 1915
| architect =  [[Willis Polk]]
| architecture = [[Georgian Revival]]
| website = {{URL|https://filoli.org}}
| built_for = [[William Bowers Bourn II]]
| location = 86 Cañada Road, [[Woodside, California]]
| coordinates = {{coord|37.4704|-122.310703|region:US-CA_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = California#USA
| pushpin_label =Filoli
| governing_body = [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]]
| designation1 = NRHP
| designation1_offname = Bourn-Roth Estate
| designation1_number = 75000479<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>
| designation1_date = August 28, 1975
| designation2 = California
| designation2_number = 907<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp|907|Filoli|2012-10-14}}</ref>
| designation2_date = February 8, 1977
}}

'''Filoli''', also known as the '''Bourn-Roth Estate''', is a  [[country house]] set in {{convert|16|acre|ha|lk=on}} of formal gardens surrounded by a {{convert|654|acre|ha|lk=off|adj=on}} [[estate (house)|estate]], located in [[Woodside, California]], about {{convert|25|mi|km}} south of [[San Francisco]], at the southern end of [[Crystal Springs Reservoir]], on the eastern slope of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]].<ref>{{cite gnis|1786179|Filoli Mansion and Gardens}}</ref><ref name="Rogers">{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Katie |last2=Sanger |first2=David E. |title=Biden and Xi Meet at a Backdrop for Hollywood and Tech-Titan Weddings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/us/politics/filoli-estate-summit-biden-xi.html |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=November 16, 2023 |page=A10}}</ref>  Now owned by the private, nonprofit [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]], Filoli is open to the public.<ref name="Rogers" /> The site is both a [[California Historical Landmark]] and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris"/><ref name=CHL/>

==History==
===Bourn family===
Filoli was built between 1915 and 1917 for [[William Bowers Bourn II]], owner of one of California's richest gold mines and president of [[Spring Valley Water Company]], which supplied San Francisco's water,<ref>{{Citation |last=McDermott |first=Jeanne |date=March 1984 |title=Filoli |periodical=Horticulture |pages=28–35}}</ref> and his wife, Agnes Moody Bourn. They wanted a country estate nearer to their home in San Francisco.<ref name="McDermott 1984:30">McDermott 1984:30.</ref> The principal designer, San Francisco [[architect]] [[Willis Polk]], used a free [[Georgian architecture|Georgian style]] that incorporated the tiled roofs characteristic of California.<ref>{{Citation |last=Papoulias |first=Alexander |date=April 28, 2008 |title='Country Elegance' in Woodside |periodical=Palo Alto Online |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7871 |access-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517161240/http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=7871 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Polk had previously designed Bourn's houses in Grass Valley and on Webster Street in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architect had designs on San Francisco|url=https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/Architect-had-designs-on-San-Francisco-3255794.php|last=Weinstein|first=Dave|date=January 3, 2009|website=SFGate|access-date=May 4, 2020}}</ref> Polk's friend, artist and designer [[Bruce Porter]], was commissioned to collaborate with the Bourns in planning the gardens, which were laid out between 1917 and 1922. The horticulturist who designed the plantings and fixed the original color schemes was [[Isabella Worn]]; she supervised the garden's maintenance for 35 years.<ref name="McDermott 1984:30"/>

Filoli served as one of the Bourns' residences from 1917 to 1936. The name of the estate is an [[acronym]] formed by combining the first two letters from the key words of William Bourn's credo: "'''Fi'''ght for a just cause; '''Lo'''ve your fellow man; '''Li'''ve a good life."<ref name="Rogers" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|last=DeVere|first=Julia Bly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2e6DQAAQBAJ|title=Filoli: Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-78442-155-7|pages=11–13}}</ref>

Bourn's Spring Valley Water Company owned [[Crystal Springs Park, California|Crystal Springs Reservoir]] and the surrounding area. Bourn called the Crystal Springs Reservoirs "Spring Valley Lakes" for his company. The original Spring Valley was between Mason and Taylor Streets, and Washington and Broadway Streets in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], where the water company started. When the company went south for more water, the Spring Valley name was carried south too.<ref>{{cite book |title=California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names |author=Erwin G. Gudde |author2=William Bright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kqwt5RlMVBoC&q=spring+valley |page=372 |access-date=March 20, 2012 |publisher=University of California Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-520-24217-3 }}</ref>

Bourn also owned [[Muckross House]] in Ireland and is reputed to have used Muckross as a model for Filoli.

=== Roth family and National Trust for Historic Preservation ===
Following the deaths of William and Agnes Bourn in 1936, the estate was sold the following year to Mr. William P. Roth and Mrs. [[Lurline Matson Roth]], heiress to the [[Matson Navigation Company]]. The Roth family built Filoli's botanic collections of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas, notably in the Woodland Garden, and added the serene swimming pool and the screened-in teahouse.<ref>McDermott 1984:31.</ref> In 1975,<!--1976 given in McDermott 1984--> Mrs. Roth donated the estate in its entirety to the [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]], with an endowment that helps support annual operating expenses.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Purvis |first=Andrew |date=May 2019 |title=Filoli: Garden of a Golden Age |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/filoli-garden-of-a-golden-age-14012904/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Seehaus |first=Karen |date=March 9, 2005 |title=Spring Fling: Ring in spring at one of the Bay Area's own historic treasures |periodical=The Wave Magazine |location=San Jose, California |volume=05 |issue=5 |page=30 |url=http://www.thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=25221 |access-date=July 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927061642/http://www.thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=25221 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

In 2023, Filoli hosted the first meeting on U.S. soil in several years between U.S. President [[Joe Biden]] and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party [[Xi Jinping]] on the sidelines of the [[APEC United States 2023|2023 APEC summit]] in San Francisco.<ref name="Rogers" /> The two world leaders met at Filoli on November 15, 2023, during Xi's visit to California.<ref name="Rogers" /> Although Filoli had been popular for many years with Asian tourists visiting the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] (due to its gardens and its prominent appearance in the [[opening credits]] of the [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''), the extensive press coverage of the Xi-Biden meeting led to a surge of interest among both Chinese and Chinese American tourists.<ref name="Li">{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Han |title=Joe Biden and Xi Jinping's APEC Visit Becomes a Selling Point at This Bay Area Garden |url=https://sfstandard.com/2023/12/06/bay-area-filoli-garden-xi-biden-meeting/ |access-date=January 14, 2024 |work=The San Francisco Standard |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref>

==Management==
The estate operates as Filoli Center, a private, non-profit organization with its own Board of Governors, staff, and volunteers. As of 2022, Filoli was drawing about 400,000 visitors per year.<ref name="Rogers" /> In 2024, Filoli saw almost 490,000 visitors, and drew $22.3 million in revenue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://annualreport.filoli.org/ |access-date=2025-12-13 |website=Filoli Annual Report |language=en-US}}</ref>

== House ==
The house is {{convert|54,256|sqft|sqm}} in size, and has a total of 56 rooms.<ref name="Rogers" /> This includes a ballroom, a reception room, a dining room, cozier family rooms, and servants quarters. While the home was empty when it reached the National Trust, much of the original furniture and art has been donated, to help recreate the original appearance of the home.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2020 |title=The House {{!}} Filoli |url=https://filoli.org/explore/the-house/ |access-date=April 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> This is an ongoing effort; in 2022 the gentleman's lounge was restructured to include new period-typical additions to the room and add a re-creation of the original wallpaper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2022 |title=Gentlemen's Lounge Restoration {{!}} Filoli |url=https://filoli.org/gentlemens-lounge-restoration/ |access-date=April 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Library ==
Filoli houses two libraries with resources related to the families and the estate: the Friends Library Collection and the Sterling Library Collection. The Friends Library is a circulation library that holds 1,500 books, 125 videos, lectures, or oral histories, and several copies of movies filmed on the estate. The Sterling Library is a research library with 1,800 books and 40 journals. Both libraries are only open to Filoli members or to researchers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Library {{!}} Filoli Historic House & Garden |url=http://collections.filoli.org/MLAbout.aspx?pS=*&dir=LIBRARY |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=collections.filoli.org}}</ref>

==Gardens==
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="240px" heights="180px">
File:FiloliPondandCarriageHouse.JPG|Reflecting pool and former carriage house.
File:Filoli gardens - IMG 9309.JPG|The Chartres Garden
File:Garden pool in Filoli, Woodside, California.jpg|The Sunken Garden
</gallery>
The {{convert|16|acre|ha}} of gardens are structured as a series of formally enclosed spaces framed by brick walls and clipped hedges, which open one from another, providing long axial views, in which profuse naturalized plantings of hardy and annual plants contrast with lawns, brick and gravel paths, formal reflecting pools, framed in walls and clipped hedging in box, holly, laurel, and yew (''illustration, right'') and punctuated by massive terracotta pots and many narrowly columnar [[taxus baccata#Traditions|Irish yew]]s, originally grown on the estate from cuttings. Filoli is an outstanding example of the Anglo-American gardening style reintroducing Italian formality, that was pioneered at the end of the nineteenth century by [[Edwin Lutyens]] and [[Gertrude Jekyll]] in British gardens and exemplified in the U.S. by designs of [[Charles A. Platt]] and [[Beatrix Farrand]].<ref>McDermott 1984.</ref>

The gardens extend southeast of the house running up an easy slope. The sunken garden is the first of four main rooms; the rectangular pool at its center that houses hardy and tropical water lilies is flanked by twin panels of lawn and two olive trees, within the hedge of clipped Japanese yew. The walled garden consists of a series of enclosures, including the stained glass window design outlined in clipped [[Buxus|box]].

After it was acquired by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1975, Filoli has been open for public tours. Attractions include self-guided tours, guided tours, and nature hikes.

The formal gardens include several areas, including the Wedding Place, named for Berenice Roth's wedding location in 1941. Lurline and Berenice both had their wedding receptions at Filoli, but Berenice's wedding is the only one that has ever taken place at Filoli when it was a private home. The largest gardens are working gardens for the production of cut flowers for the mansion and for the growing of some vegetables.

=== Orchard ===
Filoli Gentlemen's Orchard was started by Bourn family in the early 20th century, however the Roth family did not maintain the orchard and by the 1970s it was in poor condition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ediblesiliconvalley.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/silicon-valley-orchardists|title=Silicon Valley Orchardists 2.0|last=Chapman|first=Robin|date=January 18, 2017|website=Edible Silicon Valley|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref> In 1997, the [[California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.|California Rare Fruit Growers]] began donating rare plants to restore the orchard.<ref name=":0" /> Many of the current 650+ trees in the orchard are lost varieties of fruit and include: 275 varieties of apple trees, 59 pear varieties, 42 peach varieties, 6 [[Mespilus germanica|medlar]], and many more.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/07/12/from-apples-to-oranges|title=From apples to oranges|last=Lee|first=Christine|date=2018|website=Palo Alto Weekly|language=en|access-date=June 13, 2019|quote=He volunteers at the Filoli estate in Woodside, maintaining its orchard of more than 650 fruit trees}}</ref>

==Ecology and conservation==
[[File:Redwoods on Laguna Creek 2012-09-26.jpg|thumb |right |300px |[[Coast redwood]]s (''Sequoia sempervirens'') on Laguna Creek tower over the oaks (just below Filoli's lower parking lot on main entrance road).]]
[[Laguna Creek (San Mateo County)|Laguna Creek]], locally known as "Orchard Creek", flows northwest from its origin on the western slope of [[Edgewood County Park]] to [[Crystal Springs Reservoir|Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir]] where its waters eventually join [[San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)|San Mateo Creek]], and descend to [[San Francisco Bay]].<ref name=Hynding>{{cite book |title=From Frontier to Suburb, The Story of the San Francisco Peninsula |author=Alan Hynding |year=1982 |publisher=Star Publishing Company |location=Belmont, California |page=15 |isbn=978-0-89863-056-5 }}</ref> In November 1769, Laguna Creek was the route of the Portolà expedition as they descended from their discovery of San Francisco Bay on [[Sweeney Ridge]] down [[San Andreas Creek]] to Laguna Creek and then southeast down the [[San Francisquito Creek]] watershed to [[El Palo Alto]]. After crossing to the west side of Cañada Road, Laguna Creek is joined on the left (heading downstream) by the South Fork Laguna Creek, then after crossing under the main entrance road to Filoli it is joined by locally named Fault Creek, then Spring Creek (possibly named by Bourn for his Spring Valley Water Company), then on the right by an unnamed creek, then by waters from the [[Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct]] and [[Pulgas Water Temple]] just before entering Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. Historically, the San Mateo Creek watershed hosted runs of [[anadromous]] [[salmonid]]s, including [[coho salmon]] (''Oncorhynchus kisutch'') and [[steelhead trout]] (coastal rainbow trout) (''Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus'') coming up from the Bay. In 1877, Laguna Grande, a natural lake on Laguna Creek, was dammed with an earthen causeway<ref>{{cite book |title=Last bonanza kings: the Bourns of San Francisco |author=Ferol Egan |year=1998 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lastbonanzakings00egan_0/page/n188 167] |publisher=University of Nevada Press |isbn=978-0-87417-319-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/lastbonanzakings00egan_0 |url-access=registration |access-date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref> (now crossed by [[California State Route 92|Highway 92]]) blocking further salmonid migration up into Laguna Creek and its tributaries on Filoli. Stream resident rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss''), continue to run up the creeks of Filoli from the reservoir to spawn.<ref>{{cite book |title=Beyond the Back Gate: Filoli's Wild Garden |author=Christopher Wingate Lanman |page=84 |year=2013 |url=http://www.blurb.com/books/4569840-beyond-the-back-gate-filoli-s-wild-garden |access-date=January 11, 2014 |isbn=978-0-615-81816-0 |location=Los Altos, California |publisher=Christopher W. Lanman}}{{self-published inline|date=September 2023}}</ref>

San Mateo County historian Frank Stanger cited sizeable groves of [[redwood]]s (''Sequoia sempervirens'') in the Laguna Creek watershed. In the area around Filoli he described two historic lumber mills. The historic "Smith Mill" on Fault Creek was destroyed by fire in 1854. Pinckney's mill in "the largest gulch", which would be Spring Creek, was built in 1855 and later purchased by S. L. Mastic. Although information on these mills is limited, they support the idea that "the area was thoroughly logged".<ref>{{cite book |title=Sawmills in the Redwoods: Logging on the San Francisco Peninsula, 1849–1967 |author=Frank M. Stanger |publisher=San Mateo County Historical Association |year=1967 |pages=56–51 }}</ref> A large redwood tree remains on Laguna Creek just below the lower Filoli parking lot and on the main entrance road.

=== Lamchin Interpretive Center and Trails ===
There are two nature trails behind the formal gardens at Filoli, the California Trail and the Spring Creek Trail.

==== California Trail (former Estate Trail) ====
In 2017, Filoli added The Estate Trail, a one mile loop which gives visitors the opportunity to walk through the outer nature preserve of Filoli. In 2024 it was renamed The California Trail. This trail passes through the horse pasture, a field of native plants, the former horse barn, and a bridge over Fault Creek and the [[San Andreas Fault]], which cuts through the property.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2020 |title=The Estate {{!}} Filoli |url=https://filoli.org/explore/the-estate/ |access-date=April 5, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> This trail leads to a former barn that was turned into the Sally MacBride Nature Center, but was renamed the Lamchin Interpretive Center in collaboration with the [[Ramaytush|Ramaytush Ohlone]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Native Plants and the San Andreas Fault on Filoli's Estate Trail {{!}} National Trust for Historic Preservation |url=https://savingplaces.org/stories/explore-native-plants-and-the-san-andreas-fault-on-filolis-estate-trail |access-date=April 5, 2022 |website=savingplaces.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=Trails>{{cite news |title=New exhibition honors Ramaytush Ohlone peoples |author=Angela Swartz |newspaper=The Almanac |date=June 14, 2024 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/woodside/2024/06/14/filolis-new-trail-highlights-the-woodside-estates-future-vision/ |accessdate=June 10, 2025 }}</ref>

==== Spring Creek Trail ====
Behind the Lamchin Interpretive Center the new Spring Creek Trail opened in June 2024.<ref name=Trails/> This half-mile trail climbs 125 feet and includes a new bridge over Spring Creek, leading to a man-made flume and pond where Bourn stored water for his gardens.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hiking Filoli |author=Elaine Larsen |date=February 25, 2000 |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Hiking-Filoli-3072928.php |accessdate=June 10, 2025}}</ref>

==Film location==
Filoli has served as the set for many [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] [[film]]s.<ref name="Rogers" /><ref>It was the mansion featured in ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' and ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]''. The garden was used as a set in ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'', ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]'', and ''[[The Wedding Planner]]''.</ref> Most famously, it is the mansion seen from the air in the opening credits of the television series ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''.<ref name="Rogers" /> The mansion's plush interiors were also featured in the first episodes of the series but were subsequently replicated on sound stages at the Fox Studios, Century City.  However the entire mansion served as the setting for the 2006 CBS Television special ''[[Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar]]'' in which cast members reunited to discuss their memories of the series.  It was the first time many of the cast members had been to the actual estate.

Among the many striking mature trees on the grounds are a row of immense [[Italian stone pine|Italian Stone Pine]]s and scattered  native [[Coast Live Oak]]s over 250 years in age, the latter of which are the backdrop for [[Warren Beatty]]'s outdoor scenes in ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]''.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Filoli was featured in [[Bob Vila]]'s [[A&E Network]] production ''Guide to Historic Homes of America''<ref name="Vila Historic America">{{cite web |url=http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/AE/America.html |title=Guide to Historic Homes of America. |author=Bob Vila |author-link=Bob Vila |work=[[A&E Network]] |year=1996 |access-date=August 6, 2007 |archive-date=November 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102234310/http://www.bobvila.com/BVTV/AE/America.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as in a November 1996 segment of A&E's ''America's Castles: Garden Estates'', the latter being shown continuously at the visitor center.<ref>America's Castles "Garden Estates" was filmed at Filoli from April 14 to 18, 1996.  It was first aired on A&E November 24, 1996, Sunday, at 10 p.m. EST.  The show featured three homes&nbsp;— Filoli in Woodside, California; Bellingrath Home and Gardens in Mobile, Alabama; and Maymont in Richmond, Virginia.  America's Castles was produced by S. Alex Alexander at Cinetel Productions.</ref>

The house also served as the Stanhope residence in the 1997 film ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'', and was featured in ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' in the same year.

The house was used in the 2005 film adaptation of the musical ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]'', for the engagement party scene for [[Idina Menzel]] and [[Tracie Thoms]] character's Maureen Johnson and Joanne Jefferson, notably their immediate breakup song ''[[Take Me Or Leave Me]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9267.JPG|Reception Room
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9272.JPG|Kitchen
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9292.JPG|Drawing Room
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9278.JPG|Library
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9290.JPG|Dining Room
File:Interior views of Filoli - IMG 9276.JPG|Ballroom
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
*[[National Trust for Historic Preservation#National Trust Historic Sites|National Trust for Historic Preservation]] – historic sites
*[[List of botanical gardens in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Lanman, CW. "Beyond the Back Gate - Filoli's "Wild Garden"". December, 2013, pp.84. 978-0-615-81816-0. Available [https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Back-Gate-Filolis-Garden-ebook/dp/B00RMZBUBO/ref=sr_1_2?crid=27GROTU0NIQF7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-T_wBnBHwxexZ2728CBZX-75G1GlJvacfRJWsmy9jsYDFB25TvhLOtGhpF1mvUxMGfgb9EkNn67bf9t5__WMZFUJuBb6hBSnUNj5jFAyI3c.UaSF-Fs5PCvvAO36yH9epQ4XUk3TbrOQHqLvoJH_5e0&dib_tag=se&keywords=beyond+the+back+gate&qid=1749670660&s=books&sprefix=beyond+the+back+gate%2Cstripbooks%2C134&sr=1-2 online] or [https://www.blurb.com/b/4569840-beyond-the-back-gate-filoli-s-wild-garden hard copy.]
* DeVere, JB. "Filoli: Family Home; Historic Garden; Living Museum". January, 2017, pp.&nbsp;120. 978-1784421540. Shire Publications, London, England. 
* Steinfeld, CC. "The Bourn Dynasty: The Empire Mine's Golden Era 1869-1929". March, 2015, pp.&nbsp;144.  978-1577332954. Blue Dolphin Publishing, Inc., Grass Valley, California.

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://filoli.org}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USPjumFnnHc ''Beyond the Back Gate: Filoli's "Wild Garden"'', a seven-minute film documentary discussing the nature preserve surrounding Filoli]
* {{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dU4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA85 |title=The Peninsula: It is the playground of San Francisco Society |author=Stackpole, Peter (photographer) |author-link=Peter Stackpole |date=August 18, 1947 |magazine=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE]] |issn=0024-3019 |volume=23 |number=7 |pages=85–93 |access-date=March 29, 2015 }} Features photographs of Filoli during William P. Roth's ownership.

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