Ganna Walska died March 2, 1984, at Lotusland, leaving her garden and her entire estate to the Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation, to ensure that her legacy would remain in her gardens. 1984-1993 In preparation for public tours, the Lotusland Foundation repairs paths, improves handicap access and performs deferred maintenance. She wanted the best, biggest and most unusual plants & trees and was often willing to pay any price to get them. Up until the last few years of her life, she was the feisty, intractable “head gardener” of Lotusland. Lotusland is home to several extraordinary plant collections and around each corner there is a surprise of unique garden design and plant species. Named one of the 10 best gardens in the world and home to over 3000 plants from around the globe. Our educational programs serve the Santa Barbara community and our innovative horticultural practices are shared with botanic gardens and garden-lovers around the world. The spectacular collections of exotic plants on the 37-acre property are a personal expression of Walska’s penchant for the dramatic, the unexpected, and the whimsical. We preserve and enhance the unique, historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska, care for and improve its collections, and develop its conservation and horticulture programs, so they educate us, inspire us, and advance our understanding and appreciation of the importance of plants in our lives and in the life of the planet.We aspire to be renowned globally and treasured locally.Information on how to obtain images and arrange press visits are available in the When Madame Ganna Walska died in 1984, she left her jewel of a garden to the Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation.Upon opening to the public in 1993, Lotusland operated as a private operating foundation, as the majority of support was provided by one key asset: the endowment left by Madame Walska.Lotusland has evolved so that now more than one-third of financial support comes from the public through charitable contributions, contributed membership fees and gross receipts from charitable activities. Madame Ganna Walska, a well-known Polish opera singer and socialite, purchased the Montecito, California estate in 1941 and spent the next 43 years creating Lotusland, today recognized as one of the ten best gardens in the world. Madame Ganna Walska, a well-known Polish opera singer and socialite, purchased the Montecito, California estate in 1941 and spent the next 43 years creating Lotusland, today recognized as one of the ten best gardens in the world. Lotusland is a 37-acre botanical wonder containing subtropical and tropical plants from around the world all beautifully displayed in many separate gardens on the former private estate of the late Madame Ganna Walska. After her death in 1984, Lotusland became a nonprofit botanic garden and opened to the public in 1993. Ganna is a Russian form of Hannah, and Walska "reminiscent of her favorite music, the waltz". Madame Walska dies on March 2 and leaves Lotusland to the Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation. Please check with your tax professional for details.Because Lotusland is a public garden operating in a private, residential neighborhood, As a result, Ganna Walska Lotusland was reclassified by the IRS as a public charity in 2009. Lotusland requires reservations in advance. The (15 ha/ 37 acres)garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska. Ganna Walska was born Hanna Puacz on 26 June 1887 in Brest, Russian Empire, to Polish parents Napoleon Puacz and Karolina Massalska. Madame Ganna Walska endowed her garden to her foundation with the hope of preserving rare and exotic plants in carefully crafted gardens. Upon opening to the public in 1993, Lotusland operated as a private operating foundation, as the majority of support was provided by one key asset: the endowment left by Madame Walska. Ganna was a Polish opera singer, socialite, and garden enthusiast who purchased this estate in 1941 and spent 43 years creating Lotusland. Donations to Ganna Walska Lotusland are tax deductible and Membership payments that exceed the value of goods and services received are also tax deductible. 37 acres(15 ha; 0.058 sq mi) Ganna Walska Lotusland, also known as Lotusland, is a non-profitbotanical gardenlocated in Montecito, near Santa Barbara, California, United States. Lotusland is a Public Charity When Madame Ganna Walska died in 1984, she left her jewel of a garden to the Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation.
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