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Join us for OAKtober Festival, a family-friendly event celebrating the beauty and importance of oak trees and the vibrant spirit of autumn.
Enjoy eco-inspired crafts, guided nature walks, a native plant market, acorn grinding and more!
Be sure and stay for the presentations by Three Sisters, Gardens, UC Master Gardeners, & Sara Calvosa Olson, author of Chími Nu’am: Native California Foodways for the Contemporary Kitchen.
Rooted in conservation and community, OAKtober Festival is the perfect way to enjoy fall's colors while learning about the mighty oak’s role in our ecosystem.
Saturday, October 4
Maidu Museum & Historic Site, 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive
Free Admission – Everyone's welcome!
Schedule
(Subject to change)
09:00am - Gates Open
10:00am - Native Garden Tour
11:00am - UC Master Gardeners
The Mighty Oak
12:00pm - Three Sisters Gardens
Nature's Alchemy - All About Compost
01:00pm - Sara Calvosa Olson
Chími Nu’am (Let’s Eat!) Native California Foodways Book Talk
02:00pm - Native Garden Tour
03:00pm - Event Ends
All day long - Native plant sale, pumpkin patch, games, crafts, acorn pounding, & museum access!