Just 30 minutes from San Francisco sits a historic estate with beautifully manicured gardens and a thoughtfully preserved home. While the estate was originally built as a family home over 100 years ago, it now welcomes visitors from across the Bay Area to explore the grounds.
Filoli Estate and Gardens is open throughout the year and hosts wonderful seasonal events in the sprawling gardens filled with thousands of flowers. For the summer, the estate hosts “Summer Nights” every Wednesday and Thursday, allowing guests to stay at the estate for an after-hours evening with food trucks. Summer Nights at Filoli are soon coming to an end on September 18th, so the next few weeks are some of your last chances to experience the summer evenings at the estate for the year.
The evening programming includes live music on the estate’s lawn, the chance to explore the garden at sunset, and local food trucks. The food truck lineup includes Cochinita SF, known for its delicious tacos and burritos. Plus, we recommend you try The Waffle Roost, which serves decadent chicken and waffles and other creative waffle dishes. 
Courtesy of FiloliA ticket to Summer Nights also gets you entry to see the iconic Thomas Dambo troll sculptures that are nestled throughout the woods. The installation is called TROLLS: Save the Humans, and it features six massive troll sculptures placed throughout the redwoods on Filoli’s Estate. The whimsical trolls are “activist trolls” with the mission of helping people connect with nature.
Access to the troll sculptures is normally not included in a general admission ticket to Filoli, but a ticket to the Summer Nights includes both access to the gardens and home and the lovely trolls. If you want to explore the grounds even more, you can also join a sunset hike during the evening. The hike is guided between 6 and 7:30 pm through trails on the estate, and you can enjoy the summer festivities before your hike.
Filoli’s Summer Nights Events will end on September 18th, and you can get your t tickets and learn more here.