Celebrating Guadalupe Gardens, Earth Day and the Great Outdoors
A Zero-Waste Event!

The 2009 Spring in Guadalupe Gardens was a brilliant success.  Thousands of people filled Guadalupe Gardens to purchase roses, vegetable and decorative plants, get garden advice, listen to live music, and enjoy great food.  The children's area delighted young families with a number of great activities that educated as well as entertained.

Click here to see some pics from the day. (2.5 MB .pdf file)

Next year's event will be held Saturday April 24, 2010, mark your calendars!

 

 

Volunteers
Thanks to all of the awesome volunteers that made this event possible!

 

 

Expert Garden Advice

 

 

Entertainment

  • Mission Gold Jazz Band
    10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
    11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

  • Yoga inspired by Nature
    Join Guadalupe River Park & Gardens Yoga instructor Kristin Strellis as she guides you through poses inspired by nature.
    10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

  • How to Grow Better Tomatoes
    Cynthia Sandberg, owner of Love Apple Farm
    Main stage, 12 noon - 1 PM

    Bounce Houses
    All Day

  • Line Dance Instruction
    2 – 3PM

  • Approach Zone Drifters
    Bluegrass music, 12-3PM
    1-2PM on the Main Stage
Colorful booths at SGG.

 


Garden Railways will be on display.

 


Learn about electric cars.
Thanks to our Vendors & Participants

Interested? Call Phil at 408-298-7657
 
FREE -- Electronic Waste RECYCLING

Fund Raiser Benefiting Friends of Guadalupe River Park and Gardens

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

Click here to see a full page flyer about this. (1 MB .pdf file)

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

Donation Drawing Prizes
 Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Friends of GRP&G

Citti's Florist Lush Green Plant Gift Certificate ($25)
Cinemark Theaters 2- Movie Tickets
Yamagami's Nursery 5- Gallon Shade Tree Gift Certificate
Yamagami's Nursery 5- Gallon Shade Tree Gift Certificate
Sierra Azul Nursery $25 Dollar Gift Certificate
Capitol Wholesale Nursery, Inc. $100 Dollar Gift Certificate

 
 
Thanks to our Sponsors!

 

 

 

 


 

 
 

Supporters

EarthCare Recycling
Bon Appetit Management Company

Target at San Jose MarketCenter
 

Zero Waste Event!

We've decided to make this a Zero Waste Event as defined by the City of San Jose. We hope you can help us meet the requirements...here are some of the things we are doing:

  • 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. Volunteers will staff each station to help people make the right choice.
  • All of the food we will be serving will be compostable intself and be served on paper products that can be composted.
  • Many of the materials used to produce the event are reusable, such as burlap table clothes, clay pot booth markers, signage, etc.
  • Compost will be available in plastic bags, but there will also be some set aside for folks who bring their own buckets...next year, after people get the message, all of it will be for bucket bringers only.
  • We've gone almost entirely digital...very few paper fliers were printed this year!
To learn more about this program, visit click here!