Celebrate the best of spring

Join us for Spring Tour on April 25-26, 2025

Tour five private gardens and be inspired by their beauty on April 25 & 26, 10 am-4 pm.

Before or after your self-guided tour, visit Gamble Garden for an unparalleled shopping experience at the Marketplace featuring local vendors, our signature Over The Garden Fence sale of vintage items, and a Gamble-grown plant sale. Bid on unique items at our Silent Auction. Shop for unique garden-related gifts and get advice from horticultural resources. Enjoy refreshments while live music serenades you.

All activities at Gamble Garden are free; tickets are required to tour the private gardens.

Spring Tour Tickets

PRESALE: $35 Members / $45 non-members
DAY-OF: $55
Stay tuned for group discount information.
Tickets are non-refundable and 100% tax-deductible.
This event is rain or shine.
Tickets are distributed by email.
A Tour Ticket permits entry into each of the five private gardens on the tour.
Tickets may be used on either day of the tour.
You do not need to visit all five houses on the same day. Keep your wristband to enter the remaining gardens.
You do not need a ticket to visit Gamble Garden during Spring Tour on April 25 & 26, 10am-4pm.

Garden Tour

This is a ticketed self-guided garden tour of five private Palo Alto gardens with free activities and shopping at Gamble Garden on April 25 & 26, 10am-4pm.
Tour booklets are available at Gamble Garden and each private garden during the event.
Docents are stationed at each garden to help answer questions.
You may begin your tour at any of the five gardens.
You do not need to visit all five gardens on the same day. Keep your wristband to enter the remaining gardens.

Locations

All five gardens are located in Palo Alto. Addresses to the five private gardens will be sent to ticketholders in early April.
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden is located at 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Purchase Spring Tour Tickets

Parking

Parking is limited to neighborhood streets at the private gardens.
One disabled person placard parking space is reserved outside each private garden.
Gamble Garden has two parking lots. One is accessible from Waverley Street, the other from Churchill Ave. There is street parking surrounding Gamble.

Accessibility

All private gardens on the tour are suitable for people who use walkers, but none are suitable for wheelchairs. All Spring Tour activities at Gamble Garden are fully accessible.
There is one space reserved for disabled person parking placards at each private garden.
At Gamble Garden there are two disabled person parking placard spaces, one in each lot. One lot is located off Waverley St near Embarcadero and the other off Churchill Ave.

Enjoy Lunch at Gamble Garden

Spend the day and enjoy a meal in the garden

Tables and chairs will be available at Gamble Garden.
You may bring your own lunch to enjoy at Gamble Garden.
There is a public park next to us at Churchill Ave and Cowper Street with a grass lawn to enjoy a picnic. Bring your own picnic supplies and enjoy.
No eating allowed in the private gardens.

Purchase a Boxed Lunch

No need to pack your own lunch, pre-order a boxed lunch. On the day of your visit, pick your lunch up at Gamble and enjoy!

Stay tuned for more information about Spring Tour Boxed Lunches, including menu, pre-order deadline, and pick-up dates.
A limited number of lunches will be for sale day-of Spring Tour.
Boxed lunches must be ordered for either Friday or Saturday.
No refunds. All sales are final. We can accommodate date change requests until (date TBD).
Members do not receive a discount on boxed lunch.