Harvest Day

Come to Sacramento's ultimate gardening event! Hear presentations by local gardening experts, tour the unique Horticulture Center demonstration gardens, taste tomatoes and tree-ripened fruit. Bid on gardening-related items at the silent auction, visit educational booths, enjoy a snack from food vendors. Ask Master Gardeners questions at the Plant Clinic, and buy your Sacramento County Master Gardener 2014 Gardening Guide and Calendar.

Saturday, August 3, 2013 8am to 2pm
Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

2013 Speaker Schedule

8:30-9:15
Terrific Tomato Tips and Gardening for the Health of It
Fred Hoffman
Lifetime Master Gardener, radio host-"KFBK Garden Show" and "Get Growing with Farmer Fred" on KSTE

9:45-10:30
Farm to Fork—From the Garden to the Kitchen
Adam Pechal
Owner and Chef, Tuli Bistro and Restaurant Thir13en

11:30-12:15
River-Friendly Landscaping
Cheryl Buckwalter
Executive Director EcoLandscape California,
RFL Green Gardener Instructor and Program Manager,
CLIA, QWEL, APLD Member and Designer

12:45-1:30
Compost Confidential—Making Garden Chocolate!
Louise Lelevich and Roberta Hopkins
UC Cooperative Extension
Sacramento County Master Gardeners

Only service dogs are allowed at Harvest Day. We love our pooches, but Harvest Day is not the place for them!

Harvest Day map

To get directions to the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center and Harvest Day, click on the orange balloon above.

Here are a few things you might have done in past years at Harvest Day....

You might have listened to enlightening and entertaining speakers, such as Farmer Fred Hoffman.

You might have tasted delicious tree-ripened fruit, including peaches and pluots.

'Dynamite' crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) was hard to miss!

You might have tasted a variety of tomatoes and picked out your favorites.

2013 Harvest Day Business Sponsors

Thank you to the many businesses that help make Harvest Day a huge success through their generous support!

Community Sponsors
- Atlas Disposal
- The Sacramento Bee
- 96.9 The Eagle

Blue Thumb Sponsor
- Regional Water Authority

Green Thumb Sponsors
- Dave Wilson Nursery
- E.B. Stone
- Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery
- Four Winds Growers
- FoxFarm Soil and Fertilizer Company
- Green Acres Nursery
- Lopez Ag Services
- Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply

Blooming Business Sponsors
- Hunter Industries

2013 Harvest Day Silent Auction Donors

Coming soon.

2013 Welcome Bag Sponsors

Regional Water Authority

2013 Educational Tables

Coming soon.

Where to find it at Harvest Day

Click here to view and print a larger version of this map (PDF, 222KB).

Had questions about growing vegetables? We had answers!

You would have viewed lovely blossoms in the WEL gardens, such as Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'.