| Take a Subterranean Journey to the Mediterranean-- in the Middle of California! |
Welcome to the Official Site of the FORESTIERE Underground GARDENS |
California State Landmark No. 916 A Fresno City and County Historical Site Listed on the National Register of Historic Places |
Come and See ....Explore and Experience
- A hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and
passageways reminiscent of the ancient catacombs - Unique fruit producing trees, shrubs, and vines growing
underground -- some over 90 years-old - Ancient Roman architecture - arches, vaults and stone-built walls
- Underground micro-climates -- temperature variations of 10 to 30
degrees - Underground home of Sicilian visionary and self-taught
artist/builder Baldassare Forestiere
| 5021 W. Shaw Avenue * Fresno, California 93722 Tel: 559-271-0734 Just 2 blocks east of Highway 99 at the Shaw Ave. Exit |
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"Lady of the Gardens" Lorraine Ruth Faulks Forestiere, May 14, 1932 - September 21, 2012 Memorial page |
| MARCH 2013 UPDATES: |
