Wine Estate Gardens

We invite you to take a tour, or stroll at your leisure in a garden built to entice your senses.

Explore The Sensory Gardens

The Kendall-Jackson Estate Gardens offer seven distinct garden spaces. Some are educational in nature; some planted solely for beauty. Still others provide the fruit, vegetables and herbs that inspire the Food & Wine pairings created by our Culinary Team. A veritable cornucopia of beauty and flavor, the gardens are a core component of our commitment to food and wine education.

SET ON APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES, THE GARDENS OFFER A SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF SIGHT, SMELL AND TASTE.

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Specialty Produce

Oyster leaf (Mertensia maritima) also goes by the common names oysterplant or sea bluebells, and it grows wild in the northern parts of Canada, Greenland and Scotland. Our culinary team likes to incorporate Oyster Leaf into our menu as a playful riff on the oyster.

Bird Boxes

BIRD BOXES

Raptor roosts and nesting boxes encourage the return of hawks, raptors and owls to our ranch for natural rodent control.

HEIRLOOM TOMATOES

Consisting of 3,500 plants of over 150 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, we have one of the most diverse collections in Sonoma County. These tomatoes are often featured in our summer culinary creations, and are the stars of the Heirloom Tomato Festival held each year in September.

DEMONSTRATION BEEHIVE

We harvest honey from our beehives which is used daily in culinary creations at the Wine Estaste and Gardens.

PERENNIAL BORDERS

Perennial Borders

We plant perennial borders to attract pollinators, beneficial insects and birds, which keep our gardens in balance by eating pests and helping our fruiting plants be more productive.

INTERNATIONAL GARDENS

International Gardens

Focusing on French, Italian, Latin and Asian cuisine, our International Gardens creates a global "living laboratory" for culinary experimentation.

WHITE WINE SENSORY GARDENS

Wine Sensory Garden

WHITE WINE SENSORY GARDENS

Each corner of the White Wine Sensory Garden represents a white wine varietal (or group of varietals). Descriptors are planted in the corner and affinities toward the center.

RED WINE SENSORY GARDENS

Wine Sensory Garden

Red Wine Sensory Gardens

Each corner of the Red Wine Sensory Garden represents a red wine varietal or group of varietals. Descriptors are planted in the corner and affinities are planted toward the center.

BAT BOX

Bat Box

Bats are natural pest predators, so we have bat boxes throughout the property which encourage nesting.

HOPS TEEPEE

No, we don't brew beer here but the hops are used by our culinary team to accent food dishes. Each quadrant of the teepee focuses on a different variety of hops: Cascade, Willamette, Mount Hood and Nugget.

CHICKEN COOP

Chicken Coop

We raise Cochin Bantam chickens here at Kendall-Jackson. These friendly birds are well known for their sweet personality. Our eggs are harvested each day, and are used by our culinary team.

SOIL BUILDING

Soil Building

We use compost to increase soil tilth and biodiversity, organic fertilizers to increase soil fertility, and various minerals to benefit soil structure and fertility.
We practice crop rotation to help prevent the buildup of pests and diseases and the depletion of nutrients.
We plant cover crops to fix nitrogen from the air into the roots and uptake residual nutrients that will be released back into the soil upon being tilled in.

WATER CONSERVATION

In our culinary garden we utilize drip tape, which applies water at a slow, efficient rate where it is needed most – the root zone. We also use generous amounts of compost, which has excellent water holding capacity, providing water when the plants need it.
In our perennial borders we utilize mulch to help cool the soil and reduce water loss due to evaporation.

COMPOSTING

Composting

Every day we add produce trimmings from our kitchen and plant debris from our gardens along with animal manures from neighboring farms to our composting system.
The final compost helps increase organic matter, fertility, water retention and tilth of our soils, which results in healthier plants.
Healthy Soils=Healthy Plants. It’s all about soil!

BIODIVERSITY

We add compost to the soil to inoculate it with billions of microorganisms which help keep our soils in balance and feed our plants.
We practice crop diversity to help keep our gardens naturally in balance.

LOCAL FOOD

By growing most of our produce we have a great variety and better quality than what we could purchase.
We source a diverse variety of heirloom seeds from around the world and practice seed saving to ensure genetic diversity for years to come.
We are reducing our carbon footprint by reducing the food miles our produce travels

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VISIT THE GARDEN

Come and experience the many seasons of the Kendall-Jackson gardens.

CALL (707)571-7500

Garden News

The Kendall-Jackson Truffle Harvest

February 6th, 2018

At its heart, this grassroots, social movement is about knowing from where your food comes. Dive into this fantastic farm-to-fork guide to learn more!

Your Fantastic Farm-to-Fork Guide

January 5th, 2018

Master of Wine Christy Canterbury explores the diverse specialty produce grown at Kendall-Jackson's gardens and offers wine pairing suggestions.

Pairing Wines with Produce from the Kendall-Jackson Culinary Gardens

October 19th, 2017

Looking for a fun way to showcase your fruits and vegetables, while saving counter space? Try building this DIY two-tier produce stand to give all your fruits and vegetables a functional, stylish home right in your kitchen.

DIY Two-Tier Wood Produce Stand

June 7th, 2017

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