Celebrating Guadalupe Gardens, Earth Day and the Great Outdoors

Supporters
EarthCare Recycling
Target at San Jose MarketCenter
Blooming Bouquet Florist
Jamba Juice
The Sports Basement
McGinnis Chiropractic
Panera
Trader Joe's

Saturday, April 23, 2011
10 AM - 3 PM
Guadalupe Gardens
Between Coleman Avenue and Taylor Street
408-298-7657

40+ vendors selling plants, garden art, etc.
Heritage Rose Garden in Full-Bloom
Fun Run (9 AM)
Easter Egg Hunt
Live Bluegrass Music
Free Compost
Compost Bin Sales (SJ residents only!)
Alternative Energy
Healthy Living Information and Activities

Free parking along surface streets, click here for map! -- Directions

Please, no cans or bottles allowed.

Registration form.

• Gardening expert Tony Tomeo
  
  

• Gardening expert Tom Liggett

• Rose growing advice by the Hertiage Rose Garden Volunteers
  

Colorful booths at SGG

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden in full bloom

Main Stage Schedule

10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	Pearly Blue Bluegrass Band
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM	Pearly Blue Bluegrass Band
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Backyard Chickens 101 w/ Melissa Patel from Full Circle Farms
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Hula Dancers from Halau Napuaokamokihana'ohaikapolioluana
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Line Dancing Instruction sponsored by Club Rodeo

Bluegrass Music from...
Shed House
Traditional mountain bluegrass...from San Francisco!
Shed House started as small group of friends interested in dissecting, in intimate detail, the sounds and performance of traditional mountain bluegrass music. Influenced by the playing and singing of Ralph and Carter Stanley, George Shuffler, Curly Ray Cline, and many others; it's all about the vocal harmonies for us. We like to play a rich repertoire of duets, trios, and quartets interspersed with blazing instrumentals that showcase the banjo/fiddle combination that is so key to this music.

Shed House emerged from the basement in 2009, and were thrilled to discover a wonderful set of friends and fans who are just as excited about the traditional mountain sound as we are!

Shed House is:
Eric Embry - Banjo, Vocals
Jon McNeill - Upright Bass, Vocals
Rob White - Fiddle, Vocals
Thomas Wille - Guitar, Vocals

All Day

• Bounce Houses

Conference Room Presentations (438 Coleman Avenue)

Rain Water Harvesting and Grey-water basics
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Learn simple, safe and effective ways to recycle the greywater from your home washing machine and shower for use in your garden. We will cover greywater laws, plumping/irrigation basics and greywater compatible soaps. We will also cover the types of plants to use with greywater and ways to incorporate it into your landscape design. After this talk, anyone with moderate skill will be able to install their own system for under $200! This short talk will be given by Alan Hackler, certified greywater installer and sustainable landscape designer and owner of Bay Maples: Wild California Gardens.

Solar Electric Class with Horizon Energy Systems
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Is Solar Electricity right for you or someone you know?

• Wondering how it works, what the installing process is like or what it costs?
• Hear about rebates, federal tax credits, solar electric technologies and benefits!
• Learn about mature state of the art crystalline solar electric technologies and PV performance.
  

Solar electric informational class discusses the latest developments on solar rebates, solar installation issues and photovoltaic system payback and economic considerations. Q & A session with Kurt Newick to get your questions addressed on solar electric systems. Kurt Newick from Horizon Energy Systems presents information on the environmental benefits, system sizing, how to select a solar contractor and an overview of system installation issues. Presented will be information on the solar financial aspects including life cycle payback, home value increase, solar rebate and tax credits, internal rate of return calculations as well as information on solar technical issues.   More classes:  www.GoSolarNow.com/ClassesandEvents.html

• Advocates for Clean Responsible Energy
• Alameda Business Association
• American Fuchsia Society
• American Laser Skincare
• Amnesty International
• Anti-Graffiti and Anti-Litter
• Barnwood Birdhouses
• Bath Fitter
• Breathe California of the Bay Area
• Campbell FFA Boosters
• Carman's Nursery
• Chiropractic From the Heart
• Crescent Hill Nursery
• Current Moves
• Electric Auto Association
• Environmental Volunteers
• Family Life Chiropractic
• Glenna Harris Weavers Guild
• Green Waste Recovery, Inc.
• Happy Hollow Park and Zoo
• Hertiage Rose Garden Volunteers
• Horizon Energy Systems
• Jay Crowdus Garden Art
• John E. Stowell Dahlia Society
• Knox Garden Box
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Master Gardeners of SC County
• Morning Star Mosaics
• Native Revival Nursery
• New Hope Chiropractic
• Oak Tree Chiropractic
• One Seed To Many
• Our City Forest
• Pfister's Perennials
• Provident Credit Union
• Rebekah Children’s Services
• Rocketship
• San Jose Holistic Health Care Clinic
• SCC Home Composting Education Program
• SCC Open Space Authority
• Santa Clara County Rose Society
• Schmahl Science Workshops
• S.C. Valley Water District
• Shaklee
• Silicon Segway
• South Bay Water Recycling
• Sports Basement
• Start Organic
• Terra Sole Nurseries
• Tom Liggett Roses
• Veggielution Community Farm
• The Worm Dude
• Watershed Watch

Food by:

• El Tonayense
• Jamba Juice
• Louisianna Territory

Knox Garden Box Elevates the Gardening Experience
With a new season about to spring, it’s the perfect time to elevate your gardening experience with the Knox Garden Box. Built with sturdy, insect- and rot-resistant lumber, these innovative boxes bring gardening to you, and come with several built-in advantages.

Fund Raiser Benefiting the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy

We Take All Computer & Electronic Equipment Including:

• Desktops, laptops & PDAs
• Mice and keyboards
• Monitors and televisions w Stereos, radios & players
• Printers, copy & fax machines
• VCRs, DVD players, etc.
• Computer systems (we erase HDs)
• Telephones & cell phones

More detailed list of items that can be dropped off. (.4 MB .pdf file)

This is only a small sample of what will be available as many of the prizes will come from vendors the day of the event.

Tickets are 1 for $1, or 12 for $10. Purchase on-line and we'll fill them out for you and put them in the basket, or we can send them to you for filling out. Then you can bring them the day of or drop them by any time before the big event! Need not be present to win. Proceeds benefit our many education programs.

• 4 Eco-Stations will be strategically located throughout the event. They will offer visitors the option to place things in the trash, in the recycling bin, or in the composting bin.
• All of the food we will be serving will be compostable itself and be served on products that can be composted or recycled.
• Many of the materials used to produce the event are reusable, such as burlap table clothes, clay pot booth markers, signage, etc.
• We've gone almost entirely digital...very few paper fliers were printed this year!
• Vendors are asked to limit packaging, non-recyclable give aways, and entirely exclude styrofoam.