Have you ever seen a food forest? Are you interested in growing your own food or want to replace your lawn with a more sustainable landscape? Join our annual Food Forest Tour! Do not miss out on the chance to tour our demonstration edible gardens fed by secondary water (roofwater and/or laundry-to-landscape greywater system) in Benicia and Vallejo!
Learn simple techniques that you can apply to your own yard to create a vibrant, food-producing ecosystem using water wisely.
Ask our food forest keepers questions, enjoy the gardens, be inspired and get ideas on how you can work these design principles into your own yard!
How it will work:
You can choose to tour for the whole day or for half a day on Saturday, April 27
Benicia Demonstration Food Forest Gardens will be open 10-1 pm
Vallejo Demonstration Food Forest Gardens will be open 1-4 pm
Itinerary pickup and special events
- 9-11 am: A detailed itinerary with garden locations will be distributed at Avant Garden in Benicia (400 First St.) This itinerary will include all of the demonstration food forest gardens in Benicia (open in the morning) and Vallejo (open in the afternoon). Scavenger Hunt pick up for youth
- 9 am: Heath Griffith from Grow with the Flow will give a talk at Avant Garden on "Why Mulch Matters in Sustainable Gardening?"
- 10:30-11:30 am: Water harvesting guided tour with Soilogical's Michael Wedgley at Yggdrasil Garden in Benicia
- 12-1 pm: Itineraries for the Vallejo garden sites (open in the afternoon) will be available in the front of the Global Center for Success building:1055 Azuar Dr(BLDG 733) at Pollinator Pathway
- 1-2 pm: Guided native plant tour with Suzanne Briley from Vallejo People'e Garden
- 2 pm: homeowner of Inspired Garden(Sure-Would Forest) will talk about how he converted IBC totes to capture water and irrigate his garden
For more tour details:
2024 Benicia & Vallejo Annual Demonstration Food Forest Tour Blog
Featured Gardens
We strongly encourage carpooling for ease of travel and for the company of (new or old) friends!
$10 suggested donation at check-in
all tour attendees will sign a waiver during itinerary pick up
email nicole@sustainablesolano.org if you have any questions
