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Harvest Day 2018
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We hope you enjoyed this year's event! Saturday, August 4, 2018 Fair Oaks Horticulture Center |
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Business Sponsors
Thank you to the many businesses that help make Harvest Day
a huge success through their generous support.
Speakers
8:30-9:15
Garden Time Savers: Automate,
Elevate, Eliminate and Delegate
Fred Hoffman, UCCE Master Gardener
Radio host of “KFBK Garden Show” and
KSTE “Get Growing with Farmer Fred”
Read more about Fred
9:45-10:30
Good Bugs and Cool Tools
Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Area IPM Advisor
University of California Statewide IPM Program
Read more about Karey
11:00-11:45
Unusual Edibles for the Central Valley
Quentyn Young, UCCE Master Gardener
Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery, Manager
Read more about Quentyn
Mini Workshops/Demos
(15 minutes each)
Schedule (PDF)
Composting
- Backyard Composting…Who, What, When, Where, Why
- Setting Up a Worm Bin…Worm Composting Basics
- Wriggling Recyclers…Worm Composting Basics
- Some Like It HOT! Composting
- Garbage in...Black Gold Out
- Backyard Composting…Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Vineyard
- Pests and Problems in the Vineyard
- Training Your Grapevine
Water-Efficient Landscape
- Incorporating Natives in the Home Garden
- Growing Succulents
Orchard
- Mason Bees
Plant Clinic
Bring questions and samples of your problem plants or insects to the Master Gardeners.
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As always, service dogs only are allowed at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center events. Thank you. |
Map to Harvest Day
Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
To get directions, click on the orange balloon.
Join Us!
We thank you all!
To save paper on Harvest Day, we publish a list of resources to answer all your questions on various topics. From UCIPM Pest Notes, to our own publications, to University books and websites--even speaker presentations when available. It's all here!
Educational Tables
- American River Water Education Center
- Association of Professional Landscape Designers, Sacramento District
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- California Native Plant Society Sacramento Chapter
- California Urban Forest Council, Sacramento Valley Chapter
- Dave Wilson Nursery
- E.B. Stone and Son
- Fair Oaks Boulevard Nursery
- Fair Oaks EcoHousing
- Green Acres Nursery and Supply
- Haagen-Daz Honey Bee Haven
- Hunter Industries
- Kellogg Garden Products
- Living Resources Company
- Organic Gardening Club of California
- Regional Water Authority
- ReScape California (formerly EcoLandscape of California)
- Rubicon Advisors
- Sacramento County Dept. of Water Resources-Stormwater Quality Program
- Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association
- Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition
- Sacramento Audubon Society
- Sacramento County Library
- Sacramento Historic Rose Garden
- SMUD
- Sacramento Perennial Plant Club
- Sacramento Tree Foundation
- Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District
- Sierra Foothills Rose Society
- Two Flew the Coop
- UCCE Master Food Preservers
Vendors
- Big Oak Nursery
- Dragon Fly Wood Art
- Full Moon Metal Design
- Morningsun Herb Farm
- VESCO Professional Pruning Tools
- Succulents by Love Succs
- The Plant Foundry
- Tranquill Gardens
- Wild Jules
Food trucks
- Luciano's Scoop
- Chando's Tacos
- Queen Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine
- Java Johnny's (till 10a)
More...
- Grape tasting (free)
Master Gardener sales (cash/check only)
- 2019 Calendar ($10)
- Worm bins ($25)
- Bulb workshop registration ($35)
- Grape plants ($9) in the vineyard
- Make-your-own solar dyed botanical scarves ($12)