Sunol AgPark to Host Harvest Festival

On Sunday, October 5, SAGE (Sustainable Agriculture Education) is hosting the 2nd annual Sunol AgPark Harvest Festival and U-Pick Pumpkin Patch, from 10 a.m. –3 p.m., at the Sunol Water Temple AgPark.

The AgPark is located at 505 Paloma Way, Sunol, 94586 (on Hwy 84, ½ mile west of Hwy 680).

The event is free and open to the public.

Celebrate the bountiful harvest season with our Sunol AgPark Farmers and community partners!

A highlight of the Harvest Festival will be u-pick pumpkin patches, grown in the fields of Sunol AgPark farmers. Pumpkins of all sizes will be waiting for toddlers through teenagers to lug home.

The AgPark farmers will also have their farm products for sale, including heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, aromatic melons, fresh eggs, flower bouquets, and more.

Decorate your pumpkins with help from Happy Acre Farm, learn about saving tomato seeds with Terra Bella Family Farm, meet the chickens and rooster of Foolish Hens Farm, and arrange a beautiful bouquet of flowers with Root and Bloom Farm.

The AgPark farmers will also offer farm tours and talk about their farming practices and crops.

Sunol Community Gardeners will host tomato talks, kid’s crafts, face painting, and seed packet making.

Community organizations will offer a variety of fun and education activities for all ages.

Get information on converting your lawn to a garden, take a nature hike around the AgPark, get your hands in the dirt in planting in the farm’s hedgerow, and explore the AgPark through scavenger hunts, while learning more about different conservation and sustainability organizations in the Bay Area.

Bicycle hay rides can transport visitors throughout the 18 acre farm site, and attendees are encouraged to bring their own bikes, trikes and wagons to ride around the farm themselves.

Bring your own water bottle to fill up at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission water station.

Food from local Sunol and Bay Area eateries will be available for purchase, and local wineries and a brewery will be selling and pouring wine.

The Niles Canyon Artisans will be selling their specialty crafted wares and beautiful art. The festival will also feature live music from The GroWiser band, a Caribbean inspired jazz and soul band.

The Harvest festival will be a fun-filled day for visitors from all over the Bay Area to celebrate local farms and food in the beautiful Sunol AgPark.

More details can be found at SAGE’swebsite: http://www.sagecenter.org/news-events/harvest-festival/, or contact Charlotte Hryse by email: charlotte@sagecenter.org or by phone: 510-526-1793 x5.