Mabel studied botany at Stanford in the late 1800s and not only collaborated directly with Greene on the home’s design and floorplan but with Theodore Payne on the landscape.

The home cost $30,000 to build in 1924.

The hand-stacked stone walls and planters around the property were built without mortar. Workers wore gloves to avoid disturbing the moss already growing on the stones.

Greene designed the gorgeous art glass in the dining room to highlight Mabel Gould’s love of nature. The glass used to be the doors to the China cabinet that was repurposed into a window in the 1980s to allow light to illuminate the design.

Both fireplaces feature original Batchelder tile, a hallmark of early 20th-century California artistry.

The home was carefully sited by Greene to follow the sun, prevailing breezes, and the natural contours of the land.

Landscape legend Theodore Payne personally planted the original grounds, now a certified natural wildlife habitat filled with butterflies and hummingbirds.

In the 1980s, Randell Makinson—first Director of the Gamble House—added a respectful second-story extension. kitchen and garage.

Two original ponds grace the property—one transformed into a peaceful Zen garden with a bubbling fountain, the other newly planted with water lilies.