Shone Farm Fall Festival (presented by American AgCredit)
Saturday, October 12, 2024
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Event entry fee: $10 per vehicle (if purchased online), $15 per vehicle at the event. Online sales end Friday, October 11, at 12 PM Noon.
SRJC Shone Farm welcomes the community to experience our outdoor learning laboratory and campus during harvest season. Entrance fee is per car and tickets are available online ($10) or the day of the event at the gate ($15).
This family friendly event is open to the public and includes:
- Animal meet and greet
Meet the cows, goats, and sheep who call Shone Farm their home. (Update: We anticipate having baby lambs just born at the farm joining for the event).
- U-pick pumpkins, apples, and sweet potatoes
Experience the bounty of the season by picking your pumpkin from our multi-acre patch. Pumpkins range from small, cute, and petite to those humungous in size weighing nearly 100 lbs. Come pick apples from our orchard and sweet potatoes from the field.
- Vegetable and flower farm stand
Shop freshly picked organic produce & flower bouquets grown by SRJC students and farm interns from the Sustainable Agriculture program.
- Rotten fruit slingshot
For the young and young-at-heart, enjoy shooting rotten fruit with our giant slingshot.
- Hay Rides
Enjoy Shone Farm and the Fall season by taking a hay ride around our garden and orchards.
- Tractor Show and Tell and farm equipment displays
It takes a lot of machines to grow a bountiful harvest and maintain the farm. See and learn about the tractors and machinery vital to the agricultural industry.
- Wine tasting (21 and older)
Taste Shone Farm wine and learn about the SRJC Wine Studies program.
- Professional Fall Photography Station (**JUST ADDED**)
Capture memories of this year's Fall Festival for your holiday card by having your's and your family's complimentary picture taken by a student from the SRJC Applied Photography program and the Dean of Arts & Humanities.
- Food court featuring the following:
- Autumn vegetable soup made by Food for Thought
- Burgers and hotdogs from Sebastopol FFA
- Black Piglet + Catering Food Truck
- Tlahco Mexican Grill
Cash and credit card accepted. No dogs, except assistance dogs, are permitted.
For more information, please e-mail shonefarm@santarosa.edu
