Western Hills Garden
@westernhillsgarden.bsky.social
We are a botanical garden in Occidental, California, founded as a rare plants nursery in 1959 and transformed into a horticultural destination with hundreds of rare specimens. Nonprofit and open to the public on weekends. Details: WesternHillsGarden.com.
Can't recall whether it's #ThickTrunkTuesday or #ThickTrunkThursday, but here's a nice fat bald cypress for ya anyway! #trees 🌲🌴
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Can't recall whether it's #ThickTrunkTuesday or #ThickTrunkThursday, but here's a nice fat bald cypress for ya anyway! #trees 🌲🌴
Dear #plantsky! Running a nonprofit botanical garden is expensive, and it's #GivingTuesday. We need your help with this labor of love. If you can manage a tax-deductible donation this year, we would greatly appreciate it, as will our #plants #flowers #trees 🌲🌱🌿🌴🥀🎋
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dear #plantsky! Running a nonprofit botanical garden is expensive, and it's #GivingTuesday. We need your help with this labor of love. If you can manage a tax-deductible donation this year, we would greatly appreciate it, as will our #plants #flowers #trees 🌲🌱🌿🌴🥀🎋
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
www.westernhillsgarden.com/donate
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One misty, moisty morning / when foggy was the weather / I chanced to meet some plump cats / clad all in thick fur
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
One misty, moisty morning / when foggy was the weather / I chanced to meet some plump cats / clad all in thick fur
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
(Apologies to Richard Scarry)
Meet Spot & Squeaky
Look how the reclusive Woolemi pine leaf turns after it falls to the ground. Quite beautiful. Also the leaf structure: two double rows, like some ancient blade. Pays to stop and look closely at nature. #trees
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Look how the reclusive Woolemi pine leaf turns after it falls to the ground. Quite beautiful. Also the leaf structure: two double rows, like some ancient blade. Pays to stop and look closely at nature. #trees
Our intrepid volunteers show up every Tuesday to work and enjoy Western Hills Garden. I caught up with a few of them. #gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Our intrepid volunteers show up every Tuesday to work and enjoy Western Hills Garden. I caught up with a few of them. #gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
How very cool! Artist Emily Payne did a residence at the garden and made this work based on our delightful Hiba Cedar. Walnut ink on book boards, 40in x 30in. See her work here=> www.emilypayneart.com/painting and come visit us: westernhillsgarden.com
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How very cool! Artist Emily Payne did a residence at the garden and made this work based on our delightful Hiba Cedar. Walnut ink on book boards, 40in x 30in. See her work here=> www.emilypayneart.com/painting and come visit us: westernhillsgarden.com
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
#gardens #gardening #trees #plantsky 🍂🥀🌲🌳🌴🌱🌿
Before and after. September is a great time to come and visit Western Hills Garden. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Before and after. September is a great time to come and visit Western Hills Garden. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
July 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
July 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Resident artist/photographer Chrissy Huhn teaches a class here today on Lumen printing technique. (But not Severance!)
July 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Resident artist/photographer Chrissy Huhn teaches a class here today on Lumen printing technique. (But not Severance!)
Morning Zelkova
June 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Morning Zelkova
A 6-foot-4 visitor snaps pics of our Puya chilensis blooms. Gives a nice sense of their scale. Come see 'em while they're fresh. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A 6-foot-4 visitor snaps pics of our Puya chilensis blooms. Gives a nice sense of their scale. Come see 'em while they're fresh. #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
April 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our big ol' Puya chilensis is blooming, which doesn't happen very often! #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
April 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Our big ol' Puya chilensis is blooming, which doesn't happen very often! #flowers #bloomscrolling #botany #plantsky 🍂🥀🌱🌿
From rough stuff to good stuff: Western Hills #composting guru Dick Minor held a little demo this morning. #plantsky #gardens
April 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From rough stuff to good stuff: Western Hills #composting guru Dick Minor held a little demo this morning. #plantsky #gardens
Weeping deoder cedar, posing with a fine rhodendron.
April 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Weeping deoder cedar, posing with a fine rhodendron.