Harvest Day | UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County

Harvest Day 2026! FREE!
Saturday, August 1, 2026

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center - Inspired by Chuck Ingels
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
Map and directions

Visit our HD Resources for presentation handouts.

General Information

No animals allowed, except for Trained Service Animals
Ample Bike Parking
Bring Your Camera for Photo Ops
Origami in the Water Efficient Landscape Garden Make an origami seed packet or a Critter, 8:30 a.m.-noon

2026 Business Sponsors

Thank you to the many businesses that help make Harvest Day 2026 a huge success through their generous support.

2026 Keynote Speakers in the Speakers Tent

8:30 - 9:15 am, Matthew Ampersand

Growing Food Like You Mean It! Eating Homegrown Food, Year-Round

9:45 - 10:30 am, Rachel Davis

Future Friendly Gardening: Grow with Purpose

11:00 - 11:45 am, Jon Kupkowski

Water You Doing? Practices for success and conservation

See our speaker biographies. New! A sign language interpreter will be present for keynote talks!

2027 Gardening Guide & Calendar

All Things Native: The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees...

Be sure to visit the neighboring Fair Oaks Community Garden.

2026 "Mini" talks throughout the day

8:45 - 9:15 AM

Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold, Some Like...Backyard Composting
Leveling Up Your Gardening for the Birds

9:30 - 10:00 AM

Pruning Cane Berries: Guidance, Techniques and Tools
Tea Party in the Herb Garden: Meet the Stars

10:15 - 10:45 AM

Fruit Trees in the Orchard: Tried and True and Many Brand New!
Basil: Not Just for Pizza

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Worm Wrangling 101: Yes You Can!
Joys and Challenges of Growing Berries

Hands-on Fun!

8:30 - noon Origami in the Water Efficient Landscape Garden - Make an origami seed packet

As always, No Animals, except for Trained Service Animals are allowed at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center events. Thank you.

Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

Map and directions:
11549 Fair Oaks Boulevard
Fair Oaks, CA 95628

Download to print the Harvest Day map. (PDF)

2026 Food Vendors

Buckhorn BBQ Truck
River City Snowie Shaved Ice
Trailer Perk Coffee
Vegan Circus

2026 Garden Specialty Merchants

Full Moon Metal Design
Hummingbird Feeders R Us
IL Fiorello Olive Oil Company
Many Oaks Lavender Farm
Midnight Extra Potting Soil
Miridae Mobile Nursery
Morningsun Herb Farm
Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society
Wild Birds & Gardens
Sacramento Garden Trellis

2026 Education Tables

4-H Sacramento County
Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
Audubon Society
California Department of Food and Agriculture - CDFA
CAPTRUST
Dave Wilson Nursery
The Davey Tree Expert Company
E.B. Stone and Son
Effie Yeaw Nature Center
Fair Oaks Library
Fair Oaks Water District
FOLFAN (Friends of Lakes Folsom and Nimbus)
Greenwaste Florin-Perkins Landscape Materials
Green Acres Nursery and Supply
Hunter Industries
Kellogg Garden Products
LeafFilter Gutter Protection
Sacramento Area Community Garden Coalition
Sacramento County Department of Waste Management and Recycling
Sacramento County Department of Water Resources, Stormwater Quality
Sacramento River Valley Garden Clubs
Sacramento Chapter of the Native Plant Society
Sacramento Region Greenprint
Sacramento Valley Conservancy
Sacramento Tree Foundation
Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control
Sierra Foothill Rose Society
SMUD
The Renaissance Society
UC Master Food Preservers
UC Master Gardener Gardening Guide and Calendar
UCCE Expanded Food and Nutrition Program
William Walker Law Office

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Master Gardener sales

2026 Gardening Guide and Calendar, All Things Native. The Birds and the Bees and the Flowers and the Trees... Sales begin on Harvest Day--cash or check only. Or buy with your credit card from our website starting August 1, 2026.