Fall Gardening Clinic & Organic Plant Sale

Fall Gardening Clinic & Organic Plant Sale

  •  Sat., September 14, 2024
     8:00am - 1:00pm

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Free Gardening Clinic

Free Classes, Talks and Tours. Learn how to grow vibrant, tasty, and healthy plants from Soil Born Farms’ knowledgeable staff and community educators. This is a rain or shine event. No registration required, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis at each class location.

Class Schedule

Mini Classes

Meet on Herb Forest Deck
9:00–9:45 am Basics of Drip Irrigation for Your Garden with Shannon Hardwicke, Soil Born Farms
10:00–10:45 am Fall Gardening in Raised Beds & Containers with Shannon Hardwicke, Soil Born Farms
11:00–11:45 am Choosing the Best Fruit Trees for Your Home Garden with Liz Steiner, Soil Born Farms
Meet in Sustainability Square (to the right of the Schoolhouse)
9:00–9:45 am Preparing Your Organic Fall Garden with Jenn MacLeod, Sunflower & Sage
10:00–10:45 am Intro to Creating an Edible Garden with Jenn MacLeod, Sunflower & Sage
11:00–11:45 am Intro to Home Composting with Shannon Hardwicke, Soil Born Farms

Tours, Walks & Talks

Meet at the Sacred Circle
9:00–9:45 am Regenerative Agriculture Farm Tour with Shawn Harrison, Soil Born Farms
9:00–9:45 am Nature Walk with Cliff Hawley, Naturalist
10:00–10:45 am Nature Walk with Cliff Hawley, Naturalist
11:00–11:45 am Regenerative Agriculture Farm Tour with Shawn Harrison, Soil Born Farms
12:00–12:45 pm Plant ID Garden Walk with Stuart Burke-Jones, Soil Born Farms
Meet in the Youth Garden
9:00-11:00 am Gardening as a Family with Amy Tackett & Kianni Ledzema, SBF Youth Educators
Families with children are invited to drop in and work with our Educators in the Youth Garden. Learn to plant seeds with your kids, deadhead flowers, dig up some weeds and get your hands dirty. See how much fun your family can have learning, working and playing together in the natural world. Stay the whole time or come and go as you wish.
11:30 am-12:30 pm Intro to Raising Chickens in the Backyard with Amy Tackett, Soil Born FarmsSchedule is subject to change.

Fall Plant Sale

Get Ready to Grow! Visit our organic plant sale to fill your garden with vegetable starts, edible perennials, medicinal and culinary herbs, succulents and fruit trees which will provide food and beauty through the fall and winter. Check out our seasonal offerings including artichokes, purple tree collards, elderberry, broccoli, kale, tatsoi, brussel sprouts, cabbage, lettuce and much more! All plants are organically grown with love and selected for the Sacramento area. Pick up high quality potting soil, compost and seeds and chat with our farmers and educators.