Highway 49--Gold Rush Country
Big Springs Gardens
CLOSED 32613 Hwy. 49, 3½ mi. E of town, (530) 862-1333. Mid-June-Sept only. L W-F (12-1; order from menu); F eve bbq, Sat L & D, Sun brunch buffet (10:30-1). Complete meal + garden $25; garden only $12, 6-12 $8. Reservations required. No credit cards. No pets; no outside food.
This groomed 7-acre garden includes the 1-acre Spirit Pond that is filled with trout and waterlilies and accented with a deep-tourquoise arched “Bridge of Dreams” reminiscent of Giverny’s. Big Springs Gardens meals take place in a flat, unpaved area outdoors under sheltering tall trees. Meal price includes sales tax and gratuity; wine and beer are available. Surrounding this is 23 acres of wild gardens. A 2-mile trail leads through an old-growth forest to The Source, where water bubbles up from a spring and flows down through the property into the pond and eventually to a waterfall on Highway 49; it is the perfect after-meal hike. This slice of paradise is the personal vision and private property of Don Phillips.
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image ©2012 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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image ©2012 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
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