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Sharing the Story of Filoli
Introduction
Our Mission
Course Objectives
The Role of a Filoli Docent
House & Garden Docent Committee Requirements
House and Garden Docent Dress Code
Shift Schedules & Tour Times
Tip Policy
House Decorum
The Centennial Book
Volunteer Resources
Your Training Coordinator - Tucker Foltz, Lead Interpreter
Quiz: Introduction
Filoli: Family Home, Historic Garden, Living Museum
The Filoli Film (20:57) (20:56)
California at the end of the Gilded Age
California at the End of the Gilded Age
San Francisco Society Life
Building on the Peninsula (01:11) (1:11)
Quiz: End of the Gilded Age
The Bourns
The Bourn Family
William Bowers Bourn II
Agnes Moody Bourn
The Empire Gold Mine (9:01)
Bourn Family Residences
The Bourns Purchase Muckross
Water on the Brain
Bourns' Vision for a Country Estate
Finding the Land
Quiz: The Bourn Family Part I
The Early Years
War Time Support
Happy Distractions
Remembering the Bourns with Lord Alex Burgh (10:22)
God’s Acre on a Hill
Reading Assignments
Quiz: The Bourn Family Part II
The Roths
The Roths Purchase Filoli
Captain William Matson
William "Bill" P. Roth
Lurline Berenice Matson Roth
Why Worry Farm
Quiz: Roth Family, Part I
Entertaining on a Grand Scale
A Garden of her Own
A Gift to the Community
Reading Assignments
Quiz: Roth Family, Part II
Filoli House
Willis Polk, Architect & Designer with Julie Bly DeVere (38:48)
Designing Filoli House
Filoli House Part I: A Historical Photo Tour of the 1st Floor with Julie Bly DeVere, Head Curator (25:30)
Filoli House Part II: A Historical Photo Tour of the 2nd Floor, Mezzanines, and Basements with Julie Bly DeVere, Head Curator (18:13)
What to do with an Empty House? (9:17)
House Supplementals
Reading Assignments
Quiz: The House
Our Collection
A Series of Miracles (6:26)
The Melville Martin Collection (25:03)
Quiz: Melville Martin's Collection
Our Collection with Head Curator Julie Bly DeVere (14:38)
Hunting Down Filoli's Furnishings (10:26)
Reading Assignments
Quiz: Furnishing Filoli
The Garden
Historical Significance of the Garden (0:45)
Garden Introduction: The History & Design with Jim Salyards, Head of Horticulture (2:41)
The Bourns' Vision (8:33)
Beyond the Garden Walls (7:57)
Quiz: The Garden Part I
The Garden Designers & Influencers (6:13)
The Design and Layout of the Garden (9:36)
Gardens Within the Garden (18:53)
Bourn Era Plant Collections & Foundation Plants in the Garden (6:35)
Quiz: The Garden Part II
The Roth Period (4:26)
The National Trust & Filoli Center Period (11:34)
Reading Assignments
Specialty Plant Collections
Garden Staff, and the Intern & Apprentice Program (2:01)
What are those scores on the Camperdown Elms? (1:30)
Quiz: The Garden Part III
Interpretation 101
What is Interpretation? (14:41)
Sharing the Story of Filoli (20:33)
House Decorum (5:56)
Reading Assignments
Quiz: Interpretation
William "Bill" P. Roth
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