Thank You

The Noe Valley Garden Tour would like to give thanks to the many people who helped make the Tour a huge success!

Thanks a million to Brooke Ray Demko and the Slow Sanchez Block Party community for partnering with us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Noe Valley Garden Tour! It was a doubly fabulous event! Proceeds from the 2026 Garden Tour will go to Slow Sanchez for enhancement to the Community Greenway along the Sanchez corridor between 23rd and 30th Streets.

A massive THANK YOU to our gracious hosts who opened their gardens for this year’s tour – 

Ron Clark, Nina Saltman, Ann Hedges, Amy Fine, Kathleen Maxwell, Sylvia Thornton, Mike and SA Underhill, Kelsey Peterson, Richard Cutler, Theresa Cross, Howard Fallon, Reza Memar, Trey Quinn, Marilyn Bancel and Chris Faust. 

Lots of love to our featured speakers who shared their knowledge with visitors – Santiago Esparza, owner of Urban Scout, Steve Cox, founder ofThe Quane Garden, and Cesar Moran-Cahusac from With Honey in the Heart.

Our sincere appreciation goes to the generous sponsors and donors, we could not do it without them  –

Platinum Sponsor: THE SWANN GROUP

Gold Sponsors: Droubi Team-Generation Real Estate, Dennis Otto-Compass, Claudia Siegel, Sloat Garden Center, Vivre Real Estate-Danielle Lazier

Sponsors and Donors: Art Haus, Carrie Govan Art, Corcoran Reality, Dirty Hoe Landscaping, Estate Planning with Heart, Flora Grubb, Flowercraft, Holland, Love and Stem, Noe Valley Books, Noe Valley Farmers Market, Noe Valley Merchants, NOVY, Skinspirit, Small Fry’s and Urban Scout.

We are most grateful to the friendly Garden Greeters for their dedication and help-

Beth Mooney. Pam Surrey, Jily Daly, Barbara Johanson, Simon Glinsky, Marianne Hampton, Amy Meyer, Kean Tan, Anita O’Brien, Ana Ligi, Stefanie Rosemond, Jan Proudfoot, Cora Jean Rocchio, Lori Gubin, Dale Fehringer, Karin Levinberg, Ann Wellington, Richard Mullen, Gerder Hurter, Emily Zimmerman, Shadaya, Karen Werner, Kevin Rillera, Ned Moran, Anne Douglas, Kathleen Schlier, Michelle Lassman, Paul Svdersky, Barbara Howald, Gary George and Rachel Fyrn.

And a very BIG shout out to the Noe Valley Garden Tour Committee who work to make the Tour happen year after year – 

Jana King, Frank Schlier, Susan Roudebush, Arete Nicholas, Michelle Echenique, Karin Levinberg and Lisa Erdos.