Fall in Sonoma County

Children’s Jamboree and Fall Festival 2024

This free event is almost here! Sonoma County Master Gardener volunteers and participating organizations are looking forward to sharing fun activities and informative presentations for adults and children! If you haven’t already, be sure to register to attend. Here’s a preview of just a few of the interactive activities children age 12 and under will enjoy:

Corn husk dolls: Learn about their history and make your very own to take home.
Floral crowns: Make one using beautiful live and dried flowers adorned with ribbons. Wear it as a crown or wear it on your hat!
Suncatchers: Press flowers on sticky contact paper and encase it in a “suncatcher” with a ribbon to hang it from your window at home.
Seeds and plants in pots: Plant peas, succulents and other plants into little pots to take home. Learn how to care for them and make them grow.
Tie dyed butterflies: Create a paper butterfly with lovely colors made from natural vegetable dyes.
Nature lessons: Learn about the goodness of lady bugs, the hives and honey of bees and how birds make nests.
Sing along: Our very own Master Gardener Diggity Dirt Band will perform Banana Slug all-time favorites!

There will also be a succulent sale with a variety of succulents propagated by Master Gardeners and starting at just $5! Succulent-topped pumpkins will be for sale as well as a limited number of container arrangements (Cash or check only). To learn more about the Los Guilicos Demonstration and Teaching Garden and The Children’s Garden where the event is being held, click here.

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Waitlist available for school field trips

Teachers and school administrators: Our fall 2024 and spring 2025 school field trips are booked. If you’d like to place your class (1st, 2nd 4th and 5th grades) on a waitlist for fall 2025 / spring 2026 or be notified if there’s a cancellation, please complete and submit this form. Field trips and bus transportation are free. For information about our field trip program, click here.

Food Gardening

To grow food sustainably we emphasize using practices that will not compromise future conditions of the environment. We break down the practical implementation of sustainability in our food gardens into categories using these basic principles.

A food garden begins with good soil
The right plants for your food garden are those vegetable and fruit crops that you want to eat and that can grow successfully in your microclimate
Include herbs and flowers as companion plants to encourage beneficial insects
Sustainable pest management approaches are those that are the least toxic
Water conservation

Whether you are a beginner or experienced food gardener, or anywhere in between, we invite you to visit our food gardening home page where we offer an array of topics. You’ll find everything you need to know to grow a successful and sustainable food garden.

For more information see our Monthly Tips on food gardening tasks you can do each month to make your garden, healthy, beautiful and productive.

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Upcoming Events

Event Name	Date
Resilient Landscaping: Gardening in the Defensible Space Zone; a 4-Part Series - Virtual Event	10/15/2024
Installing and Operating a Drip Water System - Windsor	10/19/2024
Children's Jamboree and Fall Festival 2024 - Santa Rosa	10/20/2024
Succulent Sale - Santa Rosa	10/20/2024
Resilient Landscaping: Gardening in the Defensible Space Zone; a 4-Part Series - Virtual Event	10/22/2024