Tag: Filoli
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7th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States and National Public Gardens Day, we are inviting the public to submit haiku on the theme of “Growing Our Shared American Landscape.” This event honors the beauty of our public gardens, the richness of our diverse cultural roots, and the collective stewardship that shapes our nation.…
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6th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
Filoli celebrates haiku contest’s 5th anniversary! Submit your best haiku inspired by Filoli’s spring Garden! DEADLINE IS APRIL 14TH. To celebrate the 6th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest, we are inviting work that highlights nature’s many generosities and the role it plays as a place for contemplation, joy, and healing. Please share your own personal and…
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5th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
From Filoli: We are thrilled to announce the four winners of this year’s Haiku Contest! Each of the following poems was selected by judge and San Mateo Poet Laureate Emerita Aileen Cassinetto from among over 400 individual haiku poems submitted this year. We invite you to see these poems displayed throughout the Garden! Also check…
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Youth Cultural Ambassadors
In 2022, as I was wrapping up my laureateship, I proposed a county pilot program to celebrate the work of youth poets and artists. Between July 2023 and June 2024, I directed the San Mateo County Youth Cultural Ambassadors pilot program that was officially launched by the San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture…
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4th Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
The hugely popular Filoli Haiku contest is now open for submissions! Over 4,000 haiku have been written about Filoli’s gardens since the competition was launched in 2020. In addition to 1st and 2nd place, there is a special category for poets below 18. This year also marks the 2nd Annual Filoli Ecopoetry Award to encourage…
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Walking Into 2023
Thank you, 2022, for all the lessons and milestones! I’m honored to have been part of this year’s events and programs, and grateful to everyone who helped make them happen: I’m looking forward to working on these forthcoming projects in 2023, and especially welcome the friendships they will bring: I am so very grateful for…
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Filoli’s Vegetable Garden
Today I facilitated a Vegetable Garden Activity at Filoli! I created short prompts and invited families and kids to walk around and write down words that inspired them. I then helped the kids turn their words into a poem. Here’s the template and sample poems created by the participants: VEGETABLE GARDEN FIELD NOTES Activity: Describe…
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3rd Annual Filoli Haiku Contest
The Filoli Annual Haiku Contest celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a new Ecopoetry Award! Winner: First PlaceHummingbird on nest.She sits with patience and care.The garden holds her.-Candice Ward Winner: Second Placewisteriaweighed down by frothof too much joy-Jenna Le Winner: Under 18I’m born as a seedThe wind carries my futureA new life begins-Katherine Kelly Winner: Ecopoetry…
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AAPI at Filoli
May 2022Display of winning haiku poems and celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Filoli
Aileen Cassinetto 