Spring Tour 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. 

Tour tickets are 100% tax-deductible, and 20% of all Marketplace Vendor sales are donated to Gamble Garden. Learn more at gamblegarden.org/springtour. 

Become a Spring Tour Underwriter or Business Sponsor

Donations of $500 or more receive an invitation for two to the Thursday, April 24th Preview Party and two (or more) Tour tickets. Business Sponsor opportunities are also available at $500+. Visit our website for more information. 

TICKETS

Tour Tickets are nonrefundable and 100% tax deductible. Spring Tour is Gamble Garden's biggest fundraising event, generating 20% of the annual operating budget necessary to maintain and enhance our historic home and garden as a community resource for all. 

PRESALE Tour Tickets: $45 Non-members / $35 Members / $40 Groups of 12+

Gamble Garden Members enjoy a $10 discount! Registration lists are checked with member lists. You may be asked to confirm your membership. Discover the many benefits of Gamble Membership here. 

DAY-OF Tour Tickets: $55 April 25-26 

No discounts available; may be purchased by credit card, cash, or check in-person at Gamble Garden in front of the Gamble house or with cash/check at any of the private gardens.

LUNCH

Boxed lunches are available for pre-order to pick up at Gamble Garden on your tour date. A limited number of lunches will be sold at Gamble Garden during the event.

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.

MORE INFORMATION

TICKETS

• Tour Tickets are distributed by email with QR code.
• A Spring 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 may begin your tour at any of the five gardens.
• You do not need a ticket to visit Gamble Garden during Spring Tour on April 25 & 26, 10am-4pm.

LOCATIONS

• All five gardens are located in Palo Alto. 
• Addresses to the five private gardens will be sent to ticketholders on April 15. Tickets purchased after April 15th will include the addresses on the ticket.

PARKING 

• Parking is limited to neighborhood streets at each private garden.