Harvest Day 2011

It was a wonderful day! We hope you were able to join us. Click here to see what the Sacramento Bee said about the event.

Come to Sacramento's ultimate gardening event! Hear presentations by local gardening experts, tour the unique Horticulture Center demonstration gardens, taste tree-ripened fruit, grapes and tomatoes, 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 2012 Gardening Guide and Calendar.

Saturday, August 6 8am to 2pm
Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Speaker Schedule

8:30-9:15
Growing Your Groceries
Shawn Harrison
Owner and Co-Director, Soil Born Farms
Urban Agriculture Project

9:45-10:30
Wondrous Worm Composting
Kevin Marini
Master Gardener/Composter Program Representative,
UC Cooperative Extension

11:30-12:15
Turf Wars – Battle Thirsty Lawns and
Weekly Mowing with New Species
Chuck Ingels
Horticulture Advisor,
UC Cooperative Extension

12:45-1:30
Easy Ways to Kill a Tree and How to Avoid Them
Anne Fenkner
Sacramento Tree Foundation,
UC Cooperative Extension
Sacramento County Master Gardener

Where to find it at Harvest Day

Here are a few things you might have done last year at Harvest Day 2010....

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

Had questions about growing vegetables? We had answers!

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

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

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

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

Harvest Day map

To get directions to the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center and Harvest Day 2011, click on the orange balloon above.

Click here to download the Harvest Day 2011 brochure (PDF, 228KB).

Stop by the Silent Auction to see the variety of gardening-related items up for bid including this decorative garden sphere created from recycled metal wine barrel hoops. Other items include baskets and pots brimming with gardening goodies and gift certificates, garden art and furniture, an orchard ladder, and lots more.... Bid early and bid often--the Silent Auction is a terrific way to support Master Gardener educational project, including Harvest Day!

Be sure to...

…bid at the Silent Auction

…get your gardening questions answered at the Plant Clinic

…talk “dirt” with fellow gardeners in the Community Garden

…get great information at the educational tables

…purchase a 2012 Master Gardener Gardening Guide & Calendar

…see composting in action at the composting display

…find your favorites at the fruit, tomato and grape tastings

…see the irrigation display area

…buy a cool drink and a snack from the food vendors

…and a lot more...

Educational Tables

Association of Professional Landscape Designers
California Native Plant Society
Carmichael Geranium Society
City of Folsom
Community Gardens
Dave Wilson Nursery Fruit Tasting
EcoLandscape California
El Dorado Honey
Kids Growing Strong Program
Living Resources Company
Native Plant Demonstration Garden
Peas and Harmony, LLC
Recology Grover Environmental Products
Regional Water Authority
Sacramento Audubon Society
Sacramento Beekeepers Association
Sacramento Historic Rose Garden
Sacramento Perennial Plant Club
Sierra Foothills Rose Society
UC Davis Arboretum All Stars

Page Last Updated: August 8, 2011

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