Sonoma County Fair

Sonoma County Fair 2024 Demonstration Garden

The Greatest Care of Earth

The UC Master Gardeners of Sonoma County and Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership have teamed up to create a sustainable garden display for home gardeners at the 2024 Sonoma County Fair. Our focus this year is to inform gardeners about our free program Garden Sense which advises home gardeners in their garden with water saving tips on irrigation and plant selection.

Our climate ready landscape display of low water, mostly California native plants will invite native pollinators and birds to your garden while also looking beautiful year-round. The garden features colorful perennial native flowers, grasses and evergreen shrubs that give a sense of place that is unique to Sonoma County. The water features remind us to provide a water source for both birds and pollinators in our garden. In addition, during winter months to slow, spread and sink rainwater into our garden to provide moisture to the plants, soil and help to reduce irrigation use in the spring. Using smart irrigation controllers with drip irrigation finishes out the sustainability of a climate ready landscape.

Our volunteer Master Gardeners will be at the fair every day, August 1 to 11 from 12pm to 4pm, to answer garden questions and to talk about our free programs. Our fair garden is in the Hall of Flowers annex (outside courtyard) at the west entrance. We hope to see you this year at the fair.

Climate Ready Landscape at this years Sonoma County Fair. Photo by Sonoma County Master Gardeners

August 2024