PAXTON GATE'S CURIOSITIES FOR KIDS

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Late one San Francisco winter, two landscape designers dreamed big. Inspired by a fascination with the natural world, and driven by a desire to create something unlike anything they had ever seen before, they opened the doors of Paxton Gate for the first time in December of 1992. In our original incarnation, tucked away from the beaten path in an alley off of Market Street, Paxton Gate was 300 square feet of eccentric gardening merchandise and featured curiosities inspired by the natural world. Soon after our inception, a predilection for the bizarre side of nature became apparent, and oddities such as rare insects and taxidermy began to creep onto the scene. But 6-foot-high office ceilings and crawl space storage rooms couldn’t last forever: our growth necessitated a big move.

After seven years, Paxton Gate relocated to our current, larger space on Valencia Street in the Mission District. The move more than quadrupled the size of our previous retail location, allowing us to branch out into new areas including furniture, vintage and antique architectural elements, jewelry, personal goods, and a growing selection of books and home décor items. The new location also afforded our design-build branch the opportunity to show off their skills in our backyard garden space, where they created a breathtaking refuge from the hustle and bustle of the busy neighborhood streets. All the while, we’ve remained true to our vision: treasures and oddities inspired by the garden and natural sciences.

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