Grow Your Own Festival

Join us for the 2nd annual Grow-Your-Own Festival, a FREE community event celebrating the joys and benefits of edible gardening in high-elevation regions.

This event will be hosted at three unique locations: Tahoe City, Truckee, and South Lake Tahoe. These special events will feature a high-elevation seedling sale and edible gardening demos with a particular emphasis on watershed-friendly practices. Whether you are a seasoned gardener or just starting, this event has something for everyone. Grow with us!

Event Activities, 11am-2pm

• Pick up your pre-ordered seedlings at the Slow Food booth
• Seedling Sale – (while supplies last) CASH ONLY
• Learn to grow high-elevation vegetable crops with Master Gardeners.  Ask the experts questions; each Master Gardener will have their own table. Stop by to visit with each one:
  • Leafy greens -w/Alison Toy
  • Edible Flowers w/Cindy Wise
  • Tomatoes & Peppers w/Sue Tanzi 
  • Root Crops w/Dave Long
  • Peas & Beans w/Dave Long
  • Squash & Pumpkin w/Carrie Scarvie
  • Onions & Leeks w/Jason Toups
  • Potatoes w/Dave Long
  • MicroGreens and Kids Activities w/Roxanne Bruce
• Meyers Elementary 4th grade class w/Brandi Caskey
  • Hanging Strawberry Baskets
  • Hanging Flower Baskets
  • Herb seedlings – mint, chives, rosemary, parsley, calendula, stevia

• Learn about educational & volunteer opportunities with:
  • UCCE Master Gardeners of Lake Tahoe
  • UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center
  • Slow Food Lake Tahoe

• Who else will be at the festival?
  • Great Basin Institute
  • STUPD/Tahoe Friendly Gardens 
  • Leadership Lake Tahoe 
  • Sugar Pine Foundation
  • South Lake Garden Club 
  • Carson High School Greenhouse 
  • Full Circle Soils and Compost

• Register and Pre-Purchase Plants:  Grow-Your-Own – a South Lake Tahoe Community Festival | Slow Food Lake Tahoe

• Growing Instructions:  Copy of GYO Festival 2024 – Growing Instructions – Google Docs

• Food & Drink available for purchase at the Pope House Kitchen