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The Fresno Bee conducted their annual People's Choice Awards and we were so pleased to be listed among the top "things to do" in Fresno. See the entire list here.

Thank you to the Fresno Bee and all the readers for this honor. 

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"The Arizona sky....burning in your eyes...you look at me and babe I wanna catch on fire. It's burried in my soul...like California Gold...you saw the light in me that I couldn't find...when the sun goes down and the band wont play, I'll always remember us this way" These two are what true love looks like. @sheratravelstheworld and @franztasticvoyage (I get Fantastic voyage stuck in my ADHD brain every time I tag you....lol) #discoverfresno #centralvalleybride #centralvalleyflorist #oldtownclovis #asecretgardenflorist #forestiereundergroundgardens #youarefresnomag #flowerbae Photographer: @sydneybodi Gown:@davidsbridal Venue:@forestiereundergroundgardens Flowers:@asecretgardenflorist Makup and hair: @katherinewoodwardbeauty @hair_makeup_elizabeth @browbaby_studio
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Definitely recommend checking out the @forestiereundergroundgardens in Fresno, California. On the tour you learn the history of the citrus farm and ingenuity and determination of Baldasare Forestiere the original owner and creator of the underground garden. **Anyone else having problems using the “slideshow” feature whilst uploading photos???** #forestiereundergroundgardens #fresno #california #exploreyourcity #somuchdigging #exploreyourworld #travel #travellife #mytravels #getoutandexplore #travelphotography #cityadventures #adventureseeker #history #citrusfarm #californiacitrus #citrustrees
Definitely recommend checking out the @forestiereundergroundgardens in Fresno, California. On the tour you learn the history of the citrus farm and ingenuity and determination of Baldasare Forestiere the original owner and creator of the underground garden. #forestiereundergroundgardens #fresno #california #exploreyourcity #somuchdigging #exploreyourworld #travel #travellife #mytravels #getoutandexplore #travelphotography #cityadventures #adventureseeker #history #citrusfarm #californiacitrus #citrustrees
Definitely recommend checking out the @forestiereundergroundgardens in Fresno, California. On the tour you learn the history of the citrus farm and ingenuity and determination of Baldasare Forestiere the original owner and creator of the underground garden. #forestiereundergroundgardens #fresno #california #exploreyourcity #somuchdigging #exploreyourworld #travel #travellife #mytravels #getoutandexplore #travelphotography #cityadventures #adventureseeker #history #citrusfarm #californiacitrus #citrustrees
On the way back from thanksgiving, @sharpdressedreptile and I got to take a detour and visit the Forestiere Underground Gardens #fresno #underground #garden #forestiereundergroundgardens
California Citrus and Sunshine ☀️🍊☀️🍋 #fresno #california #forestiereundergroundgardens #exploreyourcity #sunshineandcitrus #citrusfarm #travel #travellife #travelphotography #fresnoundergroundgardens #placesivebeen #sunshine #citrustrees #adventures #traveladventures #naturelover
Crazy or genius? #forestiereundergroundgardens
1906.. Four decades of hard work to create this beauty🌳 🍊 #forestiereundergroundgardens #fresno #cali #tour #garden #tree #plants #caves #underground #sunshine #tunnel #california #explore #adventure #travel #discover #nature #forestiere #earth
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More of Baldassare Forestiere’s underground creation (see my previous post).
The saying goes, if life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. . But Baldassare Forestiere didn’t even get a lemon. After the Italian immigrant spent his life savings on land to plant a citrus grove in Fresno, California, he discovered it was unusable. Under a thin layer of soil was solid sandstone (“hardpan”). . Yet he didn’t give up. He kept the land and found employment digging ditches elsewhere. . In his spare time, using only a pick and shovel, he broke up the hardpan and dug as deep as 25 feet to softer soil where he planted his citrus trees, built rainwater storage, and made a comfortable home tunnelled away from the desert sun. Seventeen years later he became self-sufficient from his fruit harvest and could leave his ditch digging job. . Still he kept at the tunnelling, with pick and shovel, adding an underground resort for visitors to share the cool comfort of his underground kingdom. . By his death he had tunnelled for FORTY YEARS under THIRTY-FOUR ACRES of land. Now you can go on tours and see the hundred-year old orange trees and grapevines that he planted. . It’s incredibly inspiring, and almost incomprehensible, that this came entirely from the imagination and sweat of one man who had a clear intention. . “To make something with money, that is easy; but to make something out of nothing - now that is really something.” - Baldassare Forestiere . *see my next post for more photos
When you make it to the weekend... Happy 4 weeks as #franzmanandwife @franztasticvoyage Photographer: @sydneybodi Venue: @forestiereundergroundgardens Dress: @davidsbridal Hairpiece: @premierbridefresno Suit: @menswearhouse Florist: @asecretgardenflorist Beauty Services: @hair_makeup_elizabeth @katherinewoodwardbeauty @browbaby_studio
More shots from Forestiere Underground Gardens. This is the ballroom. Baldassare, an immigrant from a successful Sicilian farm, turned a plot of useless land into an underground home and garden as he toiled as a day laborer for 17 years. He quit once the produce from his trees provided him with with income and spent the next 23 years turning his home into a resort. He developed a hernia and died from complications of surgery. Had it not been for his brother, Giuseppe, the entire 10 acres he carved out by hand probably would have been lost forever. Giuseppe finished the ballroom pictured here and ensured that generations of visitors from around the world would be able to enjoy the fruits of his bother's labors, literally! The trees he planted are still bearing lemons, grapefruits & oranges.
If you can't picture a reason to visit Fresno beyond driving thru on your way to Yosemite National Park, Forestiere Underground Gardens is worth the time.
This guy got mad at Summer in the Central Valley, and got mad that he couldn’t plant his citrus trees due to Fresno sitting on a rock, so he dug out 80 acres worth of tunnels and planted his #CitrusGrove under there. That will teach God a lesson..... .. .. 🍊I guess it goes without saying he was single and child-free, but luckily for the rest of us we now have an interesting pit stop to show our kids while driving through, as you can schedule a guided tour to see the extent of his crazy 😜.. .. .. 🍊#forestiereundergroundgardens #underground #undergroundgardens #FresnoCA #visitfresno #fresnocounty #visitcalifornia #explorecalifornia #discovercalifornia #travelCalifornia #wandercalifornia #seecalifornia #californiawithkids #californiabackroads #familyfriendlycalifornia #crazypeople #highway99 #hwy99bucketlist #highway99bucketlist #hwy99roadtrip #highway99roadtrip #californiaroadtrip #hiddencalifornia #californiaAGbelt #californiadreamin #weirdcalifornia #california #calovefornia #oranges 📷 credit: me! 😘
That is one good looking bridal party if I do say so myself! #franzmanandwife Photographer - @sydneybodi Venue - @forestiereundergroundgardens Bridal Dress - @davidsbridal Bridal Hairpiece - @premierbridefresno Bridesmaid Dresses - @davidsbridal @elegantbrideboutique Suits - @menswearhouse Florist - @asecretgardenflorist Beauty Services - @hair_makeup_elizabeth @katherinewoodwardbeauty @browbaby_studio
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Forestiere Underground Gardens
5021 W. Shaw Ave,
Fresno, CA 93722,
USA
559-271-0734 info@undergroundgardens.com
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