Caryl Simpson

Pets and gardening were two of Caryl Simpson’s favorite pastimes at her art-filled home in Aromas, where she opened and ran the popular Cafe Aromas after closing her Garlic Festival Store and Gallery in downtown Gilroy. She was the force behind the iconic history of Gilroy garlic mural at the corner of Fifth and Monterey streets, on the exterior south wall of what was at the time her store. She called the colorful work, Gilroy’s postcard to the world.