Explore Fresno’s mysteriously beautiful underground garden

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There’s nothing quite like the unpredictable weather of a British summer to get you California dreaming…

But sometimes you have to go beneath the surface to find what you’re looking for – like Baldassare Forestiere, who spent 40 years digging Fresno’s vast underground garden, going as deep as 23 feet undergroud and spanning 10 over acres – all dug by hand!

The garden is now home to more than 20 varieties of fruit trees and vines, some of them over 100 years old.

As Forestiere’s great-niece says: “How many places can you go to and see citrus trees growing underground?”

Take a look…