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 historical buildings and gardens.
Restore
Maintain
Enhance
Beauty in the Garden
Casa del Oro Garden
The Historic Garden League, in conjunction with the State Historical 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 new gateway to the State Historic Park. It provides the visitor with an unobstructed view from the First Theater to the Custom House Plaza.
Open every day sunrise to sunset
Historic Gem of Monterey
Cooper Molera Garden
The historic Cooper Molera Adobe includes two adjacent adobe homes, a bakery and restaurant, an adobe warehouse, a barn complex, 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 beautiful and informative Cooper Molera Adobe website.
Open daily
7am – 4pm
Join Us Today
Become a Volunteer
If you love gardening and enjoy enriching your life with friendships, the Historic Garden League is the place for you.
Each Wednesday our volunteers gather to lovingly care for the historic gardens of Monterey while sharing friendship and garden talks – complete with tea cookies!
We invite you to join us today.
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 for them – from volunteer gardening to planning garden-oriented events and field trips.
We hope that you will choose to be a member today.
