GARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA AND 
MONTECITO. 
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*MR. AND MRS. FREDERICK FOREST PEABODY, Montecito, Cal. 
Location — “Solana” Eucalyptus Hill. 
Type — Formal. 
IBest Bloom — April and May. 
Specialty — View from East Terrace. 
Visiting days and hours — Any da}', after presenting card from Gar- 
den Club to butler at house. 
Mr. and Mrs. Peabody also give permission to the members of 
the Garden Club to visit their wild flower refuge at Kathleen 
Valley, Eagle Ranch near Atascadero (about 125 miles by motor 
north of Santa Barbara). Best month April. All California wild 
flowers. Can be visited after presenting card to Ranch Supt. 
Mr. Lloyd Doncaster. 
MR AND MRS. J. MAURAN RHODES, Montecito, Cal. 
Location — “Mon Desir”, Ocean View Ave. 
Type — Small Italian garden. 
Best Bloom — All year. 
Specialties — Heather, roses and a rare very large begonia. 
Visiting days and hours — Upon request to Mrs. Rhodes, ’phone 2064. 
MRS. CAMERON ROGERS, Santa Barbara, Cal. 
Location — Mission Canyon. 
Typ e — Formal 
Best Bloom — April. 
Specialty — A rockery and great variety of plants. 
Owner’s Remarks — Mrs. Cameron Rogers is absent from Santa Bar- 
bara and lets her house, so it will be absolutely necessary to 
learn from the head gardener if her tenant will accord the 
privilege of visit ; if so what hours. 
MRS. OAKLEIGH THORNE, Montecito, Cal. 
Location — “Las Tejas”, Hot Springs Ave. 
Type — Formal vista, informal planting under oaks. 
Best Bloom — April, but some flowers bloom all winter. 
Visiting days and hours — Garden visitors always welcome. 
Owner’s remarks — Owner absent all summer, but visitors welcome. 
Please leave personal visiting card with name of Club in box 
at gate. A remodelled adobe house, a beautiful view of the 
Santa Cruz Islands and the mainland mountains. The garden 
is a green garden and prettiest when the oranges and lemons 
are in flower. 
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