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2005 » Issue 13, Published on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 » Your Home

The Los Altos History Museum has scheduled its fourth annual Spring Home Garden Tour, “Los Altos Hills Lifestyles Along Historic Moody Road” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., May 7.

For the first time in its history, the tour will focus exclusively on the Los Altos Hills area. It will feature a mix of five historic and modern homes including the landmark Adobe Creek Lodge, the bucolic former residence of the Duveneck family in Hidden Villa; two unique homes located in exclusive Pink Horse Ranch; and a contemporary residence reflecting today’s Los Altos Hills lifestyle.

Cost is $30 per person for museum members, $35 for non-members.

The popular Museum Store Garden Boutique and refreshments will also be available this year. Access to homes will be by shuttle bus only; buses will leave from at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.

To kick-off the tour, a “Premier Evening” is scheduled 6-8 p.m., May 6, in Los Altos Hills at the historic 1902 residence of Steve Finn. Cost for the “Premier Evening” is $125 per person and includes the May 7 tour. Proceeds fund the museum’s changing exhibits and educational programs.

For more information on the tour and how to obtain tickets, call the Los Altos History Museum 948-9427, ext. 15.

The mission of the Los Altos History Museum is “to collect, preserve and interpret the history of the Los Altos area.” Permanent exhibits include the interactive “Crown of the Peninsula: Los Altos Land Use Over Time (with free audio tour),” the J. Gilbert Smith History House (house museum) and outdoor agricultural exhibits.

The facility, including a garden, patio and catering kitchen, is located in a historic apricot orchard and is available for private functions.

The museum is a partnership between the Association of the Los Altos Historical Museum, a private non-profit organization and the city of Los Altos under the Recreation Department. The museum is open from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. It is located at 51 S. San Antonio Road. Admission is free.

For more information, call 948-9427 or log on to www.losaltoshistory.org.


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For the first time in five years, a public elementary school, Gardner Bullis, opened its doors last week in Los Altos Hills. For some, it was, metaphorically speaking, the last stitch removed from the old wound following the closure of the original Bullis-Purissima School in 2003.

For others, including the diehards who formed the successful Bullis Charter School, the sting of the Bullis closure lingers. But our sense is that for most Hills residents not part of the Loyola School coverage area, the opening of Gardner Bullis means the resurrection of a long-sought-after neighborhood school and the community benefits that come with it.