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In 1903 the co-founder of Anheuser-Busch, Adolphus Busch, purchased a winter home in Pasadena. He landscaped the 36 acres around his home adding statues, waterfalls and 14 miles of walking paths.

He decided that his home was so beautiful that he decided to open it up to the public, free of charge, naming it Busch Gardens.

The gardens were a major tourist attraction and hosted millions of visitors. There were figurines representing Hands Christian Andersen fairy tales. Even after his death in 1913. AA number of movies were filmed here including Gone with the Wind.

After Mr. Busch’s death, Mrs. Busch tried to donate the gardens to the city of Pasadena as a public park, but her offer was declined.
The area is now a high-end residential neighborhood. But if you know what you are looking for, you might be able to see some of the old garden hiding in plain sight.

Unfortunately the winter home where Adolphus and his wife lived, referred to as “Ivy Wall,” no longer exists. It was torn down in 1952. His home was the original front entrance to the formal Victorian-style gardens known as the Upper Gardens. The site is now an apartment complex at Orange Grove and Arlington Dr.
Off of Madeline and Stoneridge Dr. is the location of the Old Mill. All you can see if the rooftop from the street.   It’s modeled after one in Banbury Cross, England in one of Mother Goose’s nursery rhymes.

Here you can see a home that has incorporated the Grecian Pergola built in 1910 into their home. The circular structure overlooked an area of the gardens called the “Camel’s Hump.”

Located at South Arroyo Boulevard and Busch Garden Drive you can see the former entrance to the Lower Gardens where a ticket booth once stood. This is where the fairytale figurines could be found.

Down the street you can see the fountains built from rover rock and the ruins of the Cactus Wall
The Mystic Hut that was once a playhouse and is gone.  The fountain still remains and is actually functioning.

Anheuser-Busch opened up another tourist spot in 1964. It also had a botanical garden, a large collection of birds, a boat show and a monorail.  It ended up closing in 1979 to expand the brewery.