The Fair Oaks Horticulture Center was established in 1998 as a Sacramento County  UC Cooperative Extension project in collaboration with the Fair Oaks Recreation & Park District.  UCCE Sacramento County Master Gardeners maintain the one-acre center and hold periodic workshops (see below).  The Center includes a water-efficient landscape demonstration, an orchard (including "fruit bushes"), a table grape vineyard, berries (blueberries and cane berries), and a vegetable garden.  For a brief history and list of sources that provided the initial funding for the Horticulture Center, click here:  History and funding.

 

The Water Efficient Landscape gardens are open to the public every day throughout the year.  The edible landscape areas are open only during workshops and open garden days. 

 

At Fair Oaks Horticulture Center workshops the Sacramento County Master Gardeners show how you can plant and care for ornamental and edible plants in environmentally friendly ways.  Attend workshop presentations and view interesting displays to learn how you can do this in your own garden.   Come to open garden days and go at your own pace through the various Horticulture Center areas.  Watch demonstrations.  Ask us about problems in your garden and we'll give you answers and advice.

• Workshops last 2 1/2 to 3 hours
• Reservations are not necessary
• Fair Oaks Horticulture Center is in Fair Oaks Park
• Questions?  Call 916-875-6913
• Donations accepted 

  **Please Note - Workshops will be cancelled only when heavy downpours occur in Fair Oaks**

Every Drop Counts

2010 Workshops and Open Garden Days at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

Every drop counts every day.  Whether that drop means more produce dropping in your basket or one less drop of garden sweat, it all adds up.  Our 2010 workshop programs focus on how to garden smarter with University of California-approved methods that can reduce your work load while increasing your garden's beauty and bounty.  So drop on by the FOHC and join us for these useful and informative sessions--because every drop counts!

To download a workshop brochure, click here-- 2010 Workshop and Open Garden Schedule   (PDF 550K)

 

How to get to the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

 

From Hwy 50: Exit north on Sunrise Blvd, right on Madison, right on Fair Oaks Blvd.
From westbound I-80: Exit Douglas Blvd, left  at light, right on Sunrise Blvd, left on Madison Ave, right on Fair Oaks Blvd.

From eastbound I-80: Exit Madison Ave, turn right at Fair Oaks Blvd.
Enter Fair Oaks Park on Temple Park (next to Fair Oaks Library).  Turn left into the parking lot, drive past the skateboard court, straight ahead to the Horticulture Center.

Questions?  Call 916-875-6913.