Western Hills Garden
@westernhillsgarden.bsky.social
We are a botanical garden in Occidental, California, founded as a rare plants nursery in 1959 and transformed into a horticultural destination with hundreds of rare specimens. Nonprofit and open to the public on weekends. Details: WesternHillsGarden.com.
Can't recall whether it's #ThickTrunkTuesday or #ThickTrunkThursday, but here's a nice fat bald cypress for ya anyway! #trees 🌲🌴
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Can't recall whether it's #ThickTrunkTuesday or #ThickTrunkThursday, but here's a nice fat bald cypress for ya anyway! #trees 🌲🌴
Dear #plantsky! Running a nonprofit botanical garden is expensive, and it's #GivingTuesday. We need your help with this labor of love. If you can manage a tax-deductible donation this year, we would greatly appreciate it, as will our #plants #flowers #trees 🌲🌱🌿🌴🥀🎋
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dear #plantsky! Running a nonprofit botanical garden is expensive, and it's #GivingTuesday. We need your help with this labor of love. If you can manage a tax-deductible donation this year, we would greatly appreciate it, as will our #plants #flowers #trees 🌲🌱🌿🌴🥀🎋
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One misty, moisty morning / when foggy was the weather / I chanced to meet some plump cats / clad all in thick fur
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One misty, moisty morning / when foggy was the weather / I chanced to meet some plump cats / clad all in thick fur
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
Look how the reclusive Woolemi pine leaf turns after it falls to the ground. Quite beautiful. Also the leaf structure: two double rows, like some ancient blade. Pays to stop and look closely at nature. #trees
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Look how the reclusive Woolemi pine leaf turns after it falls to the ground. Quite beautiful. Also the leaf structure: two double rows, like some ancient blade. Pays to stop and look closely at nature. #trees
Our intrepid volunteers show up every Tuesday to work and enjoy Western Hills Garden. I caught up with a few of them. #gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Our intrepid volunteers show up every Tuesday to work and enjoy Western Hills Garden. I caught up with a few of them. #gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Also a thing: Garden bathing. And we have 750 trees you can bathe among.
Column | Why Harvard doctors are seeking out this natural remedy for themselves
I was skeptical of forest bathing. But then I tried it alongside eight Harvard doctors who looked to this practice with ancient roots to address modern ills.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Also a thing: Garden bathing. And we have 750 trees you can bathe among.
How very cool! Artist Emily Payne did a residence at the garden and made this work based on our delightful Hiba Cedar. Walnut ink on book boards, 40in x 30in. See her work here=> www.emilypayneart.com/painting and come visit us: westernhillsgarden.com
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How very cool! Artist Emily Payne did a residence at the garden and made this work based on our delightful Hiba Cedar. Walnut ink on book boards, 40in x 30in. See her work here=> www.emilypayneart.com/painting and come visit us: westernhillsgarden.com
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
Today is the last day of our online auction to raise money to keep Western Hills Garden chugging along. Some amazing opportunities to stay here and wake up to the beauty of this place. Great hiking/biking/winetasting—15 minutes from the Russian River and 15 minutes from the ocean/Bodega beaches.
Online Auction 2025 by Western Hills Garden
Help Western Hills Garden meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.
westernhillsgarden.betterworld.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today is the last day of our online auction to raise money to keep Western Hills Garden chugging along. Some amazing opportunities to stay here and wake up to the beauty of this place. Great hiking/biking/winetasting—15 minutes from the Russian River and 15 minutes from the ocean/Bodega beaches.
Before and after. September is a great time to come and visit Western Hills Garden. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Before and after. September is a great time to come and visit Western Hills Garden. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
July 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
July 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Resident artist/photographer Chrissy Huhn teaches a class here today on Lumen printing technique. (But not Severance!)
July 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Resident artist/photographer Chrissy Huhn teaches a class here today on Lumen printing technique. (But not Severance!)
Morning Zelkova
June 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Morning Zelkova
We would like to nominate a 26th. #gardens
The 25 Gardens You Must See
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We would like to nominate a 26th. #gardens
A 6-foot-4 visitor snaps pics of our Puya chilensis blooms. Gives a nice sense of their scale. Come see 'em while they're fresh. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A 6-foot-4 visitor snaps pics of our Puya chilensis blooms. Gives a nice sense of their scale. Come see 'em while they're fresh. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿