Altadena Heritage addresses its mission to raise awareness of our foothill community’s rich architectural, environmental, and cultural heritage by recognizing places that make Altadena unique. This work includes periodically designating sites and whole neighborhoods as Altadena Heritage Areas through our AHA! Program, annually celebrating gardens that give to the beauty of our streets in the Golden Poppy Awards and Garden Party, and holding other special programs that give members access to special places in our community.
Morning Garden Tour 2024 Award Winners
Upcoming EventGolden Poppy Awards Garden TourJoin your neighbors and friends for a fun-filled morning Tour of our Winning GardensSunday May 26thBike Tour Meet @ 9:00am Triangle Park On Lake AveNear El Patron Restaurant All ages are welcome. Refreshment stop along the...
Golden Poppies 2024
The 2024 Golden Poppy AwardsStudent Art Contest, and Garden PartyHeld May 18th • 2024We invited you to join your neighbors to celebrate the beautiful front yards in our town. Teams of dedicated judges walked and viewed every street in town to find the gardens that...
Third Thursday Program Ask an Arborist
Ask an Arborist, is part of an ongoing program to promote Altadena’s tree culture…
The 2024 Golden Poppy Awards, Student Art Contest, and Garden Party
The 2024 Golden Poppy AwardsStudent Art Contest, and Garden PartySaturday, May 18th • 2:00 - 4:30 pmWe invite you to join your neighbors to celebrate the beautiful front yards in our town. Teams of dedicated judges have been walking and viewing every street in town to...
Mountain View and the American Cemetery
In the early years Pasadena, settlers buried their dead in their yards down by the Arroyo.
Letter From the Chair
As a new year approaches, I thought this would be the perfect time to look back at 2023…
Thank You, Tree Committee!
Altadena Heritage’s Tree Committee, with support from Southern California Edison, found homes…
The Giddings Family and Mountain View
They purchased…the old Millard claim, about one hundred acres in all, and settled there in 1878.
Margaret Collier Graham – Foothills First Lady 1877 -1913
Margaret Collier Graham attracted writers, artists, thinkers and luminaries as friends.
John Corneby Wilson Austin 1870 – 1963 Master Architect of Southern California
John Corneby Wilson Austin was born and educated in Oxfordshire England. He apprenticed with…