Planning for fall

Planning for fall

Posted by on Oct 6, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

Everyone start planning your fall veggie garden….great time to grow kale,cabbage,chard, and lettuce also plant your bulbs for garlic and onions. Sugar snap peas and snow peas can be started from seed now to be planted out in the garden next month.  Always protect them from birds by covering with floating row cover.  Their roots ...

You Say Tomato

You Say Tomato

The Results Are In! Over 120 tomato aficionados showed up Sunday to watch a Spicy Gazpacho cooking demo by Master Chef Eric Hollis, taste 22 tomato varieties from the Cornerstone’s Kitchen Garden and 22 varieties from contestants’ home gardens, and vote for their favorites. Participants’ home-growns could compete in one or all three of the ...

Hanging With Andy

Hanging With Andy

Posted by on Sep 18, 2011 in Current Events, Gardens + Artists | No Comments

I’d like to give a very special thank you to Christian Berman for capturing the days here with Andy and the whole crew.

Tomato Harvest

Tomato Harvest

Posted by on Sep 14, 2011 in Past Events | No Comments

Come Celebrate this Year’s Harvest with a Tomato Tasting at Cornerstone Sonoma Sunday September 18th – 11-2pm Taste 20+ varieties from our garden plus take this opportunity to check out the edible garden where 58 tomato varieties were planted this year following Tomatomania* Enjoy Cooking Demo by Chef Eric Hollis of Alsina Station Grill and ...

It Takes a Village…

It Takes a Village…

Posted by on Aug 31, 2011 in Gardens + Artists | No Comments

It Takes a Village to Create a Garden Before Andy Cao arrived at Cornerstone fresh off a Leob fellowship at Harvard, I wondered what to expect. Would he be some holier-than-thou Designer with a severe case of badassitude? And his design team: a coterie of crackpots from LA, impossibly trendy in head-to-toe black? I needn’t ...

Gardeners at play

Gardeners at play

Posted by on Jul 23, 2011 in Press | No Comments

Gardeners at play on the west coast THE GREEN TOURIST: Christine McCabe From: The Australian July 23, 2011 12:00AM BAROSSA Valley old timers referred to their vineyards as gardens. In California’s Sonoma wine district the two have been brought together in an acclaimed centre blending wine, gardens, food and art. Located just 35 minutes by ...

Andy Cao in SF Chronicle

Andy Cao in SF Chronicle

Posted by on Jul 23, 2011 in Press | No Comments

Andy Cao, Xavier Perrot at Cornerstone Gardens Lauren Reed-Guy, Chronicle Staff Writer – Wednesday, July 20, 2011 With chicken wire, cut crystal and an affinity for improvisation, landscape architects Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot are blurring the line between landscape design and art. This month, Cao and Perrot unveiled two new installations at Cornerstone Gardens ...