Gardens
The Carter’s passion for using only ultra-fresh produce in the cooking at their inn ultimately led them to begin their own organic gardens. Today, Carter House maintains the most extensive kitchen gardens used in any inn on the West Coast. Hotel Carter meals are imbued with an unparalleled level of freshness and local color as our garden produce is generally served the very day it is harvested!
In addition to supplying the inn’s restaurant with produce of the highest quality and freshness, the Carter Gardens have become a center for horticultural education, home to organic gardening seminars, lecture series, and interpretive tours given by the inn’s Master Gardener. Each afternoon, inn guests are invited to join in the harvest, helping chefs from Restaurant 301 collect produce for use in that evening’s meals – meals that set a new standard for what qualifies as truly “garden-fresh.”
"The inspiration, planning, & attention to the details, the collaboration among
the hosts, gardener, and chefs, all coalesce when the plates arrive on the tables."
-Scott Meyer Organic Gardening Magazine