Saturday, April 23, 2005
9am to 3pm

Columbus Park
Taylor & Spring Street, San Jose
408-298-7657

Plant Sales
Garden Accessories
Food and Entertainment
Tours of Guadalupe Gardens
Free Professional Garden Advice
      --With Tony Tomeo, Tom Liggett & Holly Hayes!
Gardening & Local History Books
Heritage Rose Garden in Full-Bloom
Compost Bin Sale & Free Compost
Alternative Energy (electric cars, solar ovens and more!)

Kid’s Korner

Fun Games
Wizard Hats
Seed Planting
Free Prizes
Giant Bubble Blowing
Amazing Spectroscopes
Magic Sun Beads
Wildlife Activities
And a lot more!

We Needed Volunteers, and we got them!  Thanks to all of the volunteers that made this event possible...

E-mail Lucy Perez (Volunteer Coordinator)

Greening your Green Thumb Short Presentations

Sponsored by Watershed Watch and Summerwinds Nursery

Gardening for Wildlife
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Presenter: Stephanie Morris, Landscape Architect
Turn your yard into a wildlife sanctuary using California native plants that attract birds, hummingbirds, butterflies and native bees to gardens.

IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Presenter: Laura Monczynski, Master Gardener
Who’s afraid of the big, bad bug? Find out who isn’t and how to manage your garden with less toxic solutions that work.

Dirt on Dirt
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Claudia Groth, Whitney Farms
What’s in your soil? This most basic building block of your garden is often the most neglected. Find out how to amend and make it work best for your garden.

Presentations will be limited to the first 30-35 people. Free pots of drought resistant grasses generously provided by Summerwinds Nursery and other “goodies” will be provided to each participant at the end of each presentation.

Thanks to these companies for donating items to our donation drawing

Almaden Valley Nursery
Applebee's
Bay Nature
Blossom Floral Shop
Capitol Wholesale Nursery
Century Theatres
Lucy Perez
The Olive Garden
Onishi Florist
Valley’s Pride Organics
Yamagami's Nursery

Thanks to our Vendors & Participants

ompost Bin Sale

The City of San Jose's ESD Department will be selling subsidized Compost Bins and Worm Composting Bins at Spring in Guadalupe Gardens.  There are several bins to choose from depending your composting needs, and all are fantastically priced!  Buy one here and then attend the Friends of Guadalupe River Park & Gardens May composting class to learn how to use it.