Welcome to the official web site for

    

This visionary folk art environment

is the single-handed work of 

self-taught senior citizen

Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey.

 

Wandering through this website you are bound to become enlightened, inspired and entertained by a remarkably inventive woman and her famous creation.  Located in Simi Valley, California, Bottle Village is a fanciful wonderland crafted from castoff materials. Appealing to all age groups and admired by art scholars across the world, Bottle Village is a one-third acre site covered with an assemblage of shrines, wishing wells, mosaic walks, structures and follies constructed primarily from discarded glass bottles.  

 

April 22nd: Earth Day Volunteer Clean up Day - No Tours
May 12th: Public Tour 10am. Bring Your Mom for Free!  

 

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Keep watching our website for the next available tour date.

 


Contact The Preserve Bottle Village Committee for reservations:  preservebv@gmail.com

  • Tours will be cancelled for rain or blowing winds

Bottle Village has four distinct historic designations:

    > California Historical Landmark No. 939

    > Ventura County Cultural Landmark

    > City of Simi Valley Cultural Landmark 

    > National Register of Historic Places

 

The Preserve Bottle Village Committee is actively seeking volunteers, materials and funds to help in efforts to re-open this historic treasure to the public and to restore art components damaged from the effects of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake.


For all of you who have stories to share about Bottle Village, we want to hear you.  Please send your stories to preservebv@gmail.com . 
 
                                                                                                   Thank you so much!

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