Landmark information
- Location:
5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
7/13/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/13/1996 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 48.48, W 119 52.899 - Other Designations:
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Forestiere Underground Gardens
Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900s to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages, and gardens which ramble throughout a ten-acre parcel. His work is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.