Client: Gamble Garden
A hidden gem in the heart of Palo Alto, California lies a coveted garden free to roam seven days a week. Visitors admire its well tended garden beds overflowing with life, color, and texture. Gamble Garden stands as a community resource offering classes, events, and experiences rooted in Ecology and Horticulture Education.
Photography
Studio Mestiza captures monthly classes and events held on site, seasonal photos of garden beds, vegetation, botanicals, and the overall atmosphere of Gamble Garden for use on their website, newsletters, printed flyers, booklets, and social media.
Peony flower arranging class
Peony flower bouquet
Harvesting raspberries from the Rubus Bed
Ripening Blackberries in the Rubus garden bed
Petting zoo pop-up for Easter
The iconic Gamble bunny
Echinacea purpurea blossoming amongst Lavender
Horticulture Staff, Grace Floyd, leading a walk-through of the Edible Garden Beds
June blooms: Snapdragons
Volunteering in the garden
An herbal tea party
Class instructor, Jacqueline Pham, of Phamily Peony Garden, leading a peony arranging class
Gardening Director, Corey, teaching about growing food in raised beds
The Fertile Crescent Bed featuring wheat, barley, and rye
The Chai Lab popped up with their mobile cart vending at the annual fundraiser
Blue and purple Hydrangeas
White Lavender
Roots and Shoots program hosting elementary school students at Gamble
Social Media Marketing
Studio Mestiza took over Gamble’s social media channels starting March 31, 2026 actively posting to Instagram, Facebook, and Nextdoor with hopes to expand to other platforms in the near future.
Developing a brand voice that holds the timeless beauty of the historic garden while reshaping its prescence to fit into modern times is what brought Gamble Garden back to life. It was a chance to retell Elizabeth Gamble’s story, a reminder of why the non-profit began, and a chance to reintroduce the historic house and garden as it stands today.
Our elegant and friendly copy paired with our colorful and naturally lit visuals creates a social media prescence that translates Gamble Garden’s values, brand identity, and tone of the orginization. Guided by a strong consistent social media strategy for the non-profit’s target audience, Studio Mestiza curates a content calendar that upholds a community of active supporters.
We will be working on a capital campaign for the Horticulture Hub, a construction project that will update current greenhouse, nursery, and staff spaces, as well as a new multi-purpose room for horticultural education in the coming months. Follow along to see the magic unfold!
Graphic Design
The thrity-six page Spring Tour booklet was designed and printed for the attendees of the 2026 Spring Tour, an annual fundraising event that leads guests through not only a tour of Gamble Garden and its exciting festivities, but four other private gardens throughout Palo Alto.
Services included layout design piecing together each homeowner’s stories along side photographs of their beloved gardens, pages detailing daily activites held at Gamble Garden, mapping out the garden grounds, and ads for supporting underwriters from local businesses and individual donors.
