Harvest Day 2021
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A Gardener's Join us again this Virtual
If you missed this event last year, Below see details |
2020 Business Sponsors
Thank you to the many businesses that help make Harvest Day 2020
a huge success through their generous support.
2020 Speakers
Building Resilient Gardens (26:33 min.)
Karrie Reid
Environmental Horticulture Advisor
UCCE San Joaquin County
Read more about Karrie
Grow Fruit in Limited Space
Using Size Control (10:11 min.)
Ed Laivo
Fruit Tree and Edible Landscape Expert
Read more about Ed
2020 Live Virtual Q&A Session
August 1, 2020
Karrie Reid
Ed Laivo
Master Gardener Panel
(Pam Bone, Susan Muckey and Gail Pothour)
2020 Project Area Videos
(videos open in a new window)
2021 Gardening Guide and Calendar
Walking Tour of the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center (9:25 min.)
Berries
- Bird Netting Your Blueberries (2:35 min.)
Composting
- Getting Started (3:47 min.)
- The ABCs of Building a Successful Compost Pile (4:32 min.)
- Composting: Hot vs. Cold (5:29 min.)
- Making a Worm Bin (4:57 min.)
- Harvesting Worm Castings (3:10 min.)
Herbs
- Growing Herbs in Containers (3:18 min.)
- Harvest and Rejuvenate Your Lavender (3:07 min.)
Orchard
- Thinning Fruit on Your Fruit Trees (4:46 min.)
- Identifying Fruit Tree Scale (4:00 min.)
- Summer Pruning for Fruit Trees (4:12 min.)
Vegetables
- Sharpening Hand Pruners (4:22 min.)
- Soil Solarization: Control Soilborne Pests (3:52 min.)
- Veggies Year-Round from Your Patio (3:42 min.)
- What's Wrong with My Tomatoes? (4:15 min.)
Vineyard
- Insect Pests of the Vineyard (3:48 min.)
- Powdery Mildew in the Vineyard (2:50 min.)
Water-Efficient Landscape
- Make Your Garden Wildlife Friendly (9:02 min.)
- Pruning Ornamental Grasses (2:45 min.)
- Pruning Rosemary (4:19 min.)
- Pruning Santa Barbara Daisies (2:29 min.)
- Pruning Woody Sages (2:54 min.)
- Walking Tour of the Water Efficient Landscape Garden (6:37 min.)
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!
Fair Oaks Horticulture Center
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
We will all miss seeing you at the FOHC this year!
2020 Community Organizations
Many community organizations have supported Harvest Day in the past by bringing information to share with you. While you will not see them in person this year, visit them here.