Reno Garlic Fest 2021
2021-08-19 15:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr., Reno, NV
Whether you’re a seasoned green thumb or a curious newcomer to backyard gardening, have a passion for cooking or a strong appetite for this much-loved crop, you’re invited to come enjoy the bounty of the harvest this August. Come dig in and discover what’s growing in Reno!

Festivities will include locally grown garlic and produce for sale from participating backyard growers and established regional farms, a garlic-based food feast from local chefs, garlic medicinals, gardening advice, plus kid-friendly activities, games, and live music!

Reno Garlic Fest Goals:

-Build community and strengthen neighborhood ties
-Showcase local foods
-Support local farmers
-Encourage more Reno-ites to grow vegetable and other foods
-Educate community members about sustainable growing practices for our region

Raise the River
2021-08-19 16:00 - 21:00 | Downtown Reno
And we’re back! 2021 brings lots of promise, including KTMB’s Annual Raise the River Event powered by NV Energy! Yes, we said event. Join us at the Sensory Garden in Idlewild Park on Thursday, August 19th, 2021, for our annual Raise the River Fundraising event! Enjoy a meal prepared by Chef Mark Estee from Liberty Food and Wine Exchange, along with raffle prizes and adult beverages from several local breweries and distilleries!

Raise the River
2021-08-19 17:30 | Idlewild Park, 1000 Cowan Dr., Reno, NV, 89509
And we’re back! 2021 brings lots of promise, including KTMB’s Annual Raise the River Event powered by NV Energy! Yes, we said event. Join us at the Sensory Garden in Idlewild Park on Thursday, August 19th, 2021 for our annual Raise the River Fundraising event! Enjoy a meal prepared by Chef Mark Estee from Liberty Food and Wine Exchange along with raffle prizes and adult beverages from several local breweries and distilleries!
City and county health mandates will be strictly followed, and as we learn more, that information will be posted.

2021 Northern Nevada Garden Tour
2021-08-21 09:00 - 15:00
Gardening enthusiasts are invited to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the Master Gardener Program in Washoe County by enjoying the 2021 Northern Nevada Garden Tour, a self-paced tour of gardens in Reno and Sparks. This fundraiser for University of Nevada, Reno Extension’s Master Gardener Program is offered by Rail City Garden Center, and is a family-friendly event showcasing various area gardens on Saturday, Aug. 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 22, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

“We are really happy to offer this opportunity for people to get outside and see some of the beautiful landscapes and gardens that folks in our community have been able to create in this high-desert climate,” said Washoe County Master Gardener Coordinator Rachel McClure. “Those who participate in the tour will walk away with inspiration and ideas from the area’s most successful Nevada gardeners.”

The tour is self-paced, and participants are able to visit as many of the featured gardens as they like. Participants will also receive a tour guidebook covering the gardens available for viewing.

The cost is $25 for one person and $35 for two, and children under 12 are free. Tickets are good for both days. All proceeds support the Master Gardeners Volunteer Program in Washoe County, which provides research-based horticulture information and programs to the community. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/master-gardener-tour-tickets-163286740035.

For more information, contact McClure at 775-336-0274 or rmcclure@unr.edu. Persons in need of special assistance should call at least three days prior to the event.

Walking Tour: River School Farm & Gardens
2021-09-11 09:00 - 11:00 | Downtown Reno
Join the staff of the River School Farm for a tour of their farm and gardens. Come see methods that you can apply to your landscape to create a beautiful, functional and water resilient garden. Bring a sack lunch and enjoy eating together along the Truckee River.

Solvy Live Music Fundraiser
2021-10-16 17:30 | 321 E 5th St., 321 E. 5th St., Reno, NV, 89501
Reno Food Systems is partnering with Solvy, a community-based fundraising platform, to get together and enjoy some local talent and raise money to get our tractor back in action!

Saturday October 16th from 5:30-8:30pm
Live music, drinks and light bites
$20

Your $20 ticket will be shared amongst three nonprofits … Check out below for more info on the projects this event hopes to raise funds for:
Reno Food Systems
Institute of Ideas
Envirolution

Introduction to Bees and Beekeeping
2022-01-22 08:00 - 16:00 | Catholic Center, 311 Virginia St., Yerington, NV
A one-day workshop for people wanting to start beekeeping. You will be given all the basic knowledge to get started in beekeeping.
Sessions will include basic bee biology, equipment needed to get started, how to get your bees, terminology, and the care of a colony of bees through the first year.
Tentative Schedule
Registration includes a book, lunch and snacks.
​$60 by January 15; $40 students

Herb Workshop
2022-01-22 12:00 - 17:00 | River School Farm, 7777 White Fir Street, Reno, NV, 89523

Straw Bale Gardening
2022-02-12 11:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Learn how to garden using straw bales instead of traditional gardening methods! Fun and easy for the whole family.

About this event

Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is the straw bale itself and is held together with two or three strings. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decay the straw becomes “conditioned” compost that creates an extraordinary plant rooting environment. Getting the straw bales conditioned is an essential part of the process, and should be started two weeks prior to your target planting date wherever you are located. This gardening technique works well anywhere in the country or the world for that matter.

12th Annual Nevada State Beekeepers Conference
2022-02-24 - 2022-02-26 | Yerington, NV
Hosted by Mason Valley Beekeepers
Friday, February 25, 2022 (tentative schedule)
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Registration / Pastries & Coffee
Silent Auction Items accepted; Entries accepted for Photo and Honey
Tasting Contests
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Opening Remarks
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8:45 AM – 12 Noon Workshop Rotations – Six Workshops
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12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Served
Silent Auction Items accepted; Entries accepted for Photo &
Honey Tasting Contests
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1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Speakers/Presentations

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM “Bee Happy” Hour – No Host Bar available
Silent Auction Items accepted; Entries accepted for
Photo & Honey Tasting Contests
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6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM Guest Speaker

Saturday, February 26, 2022 (tentative schedule)
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7:30 AM – 8:00 AM Registration – Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM Opening Remarks

8:10 AM – 8:30 AM Guest Speaker
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8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Speakers / Presentations
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch Served
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Speakers / Presentations
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4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Closing Remarks / Evaluations
4:15 PM “Bee Happy” Hour Begins – No Host Bar Available
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5:00 PM Silent Auction Closes
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5:30-6:00 PM Silent Auction Items Distributed
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6:00 PM Annual Banquet Seating begins
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6:30 PM Dinner
Raffle Winners Announced
Honey Tasting Winner Announced
Photo Contest Winners Announced

7:30 PM Speaker
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Winter Pruning
2022-03-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Learn all the ins and outs of pruing your trees and shrubs- the best time and what can be pruned during the winter, how to properly prune and what tools to use.

Square Foot Gardening Class
2022-03-12 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small, orderly, and productive kitchen vegetable gardens.
Square foot gardening is a simple method of creating small, orderly, and highly productive kitchen gardens. It was invented by backyard gardener, retired engineer, and efficiency expert Mel Bartholomew as a better way to grow a vegetable garden, and it became a huge hit. Its easy and fun to do!

Straw Bale Gardening Class
2022-03-19 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Learn how to garden using straw bales instead of traditional gardening methods! Fun and easy for the whole family.
Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is the straw bale itself and is held together with two or three strings. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decay the straw becomes “conditioned” compost that creates an extraordinary plant rooting environment. Getting the straw bales conditioned is an essential part of the process, and should be started two weeks prior to your target planting date wherever you are located. This gardening technique works well anywhere in the country or the world for that matter.

Getting Started on Veggies Class
2022-03-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434
Wanna grow veggies from seed? Come learn how!
Learn all the tips and tricks for starting veggies from seed to have all the best homegrown veggies for your table. Learn about transplanting, pest management and feeding.

The 11th Annual LCF Plant Sale
2022-04-17 10:00 - 14:00 | Too Soul Tea, 542 ½ Plumas St., Reno
Last year we cancelled the actual sale day due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. This year we will have a sale day, and we will follow all protocol for doing so in a safe and careful manner. The easiest way to do this will be to have a lot of preorders so that plants are already packed up and easy to hand over to you on the sale day. Thus, we encourage people to preorder their plants, which hopefully will be easy to do through the new online store! What? Yeah! Check it out!
It’s only a tab away up in the menu bar at the top of the screen. This page is still super useful, however, because the shop does not have any of the detailed information about the plants – you have to use the catalog to find all of that, and then go to the store to submit your order.

The Loping Coyote Farms plant nursery offers you access to a whole suite of plants that we use ourselves in our edible food forests and ecological farming systems in the Reno area. The species and cultivars that make the cut in the nursery are those that we have found to work best for us in the harsh climatic conditions of our Eastern Sierra/Great Basin area. We offer plant representatives from all the layers of a food forest, from the roots and herbs up to the giant emergent canopy plants. We have attempted to offer plants representing all of the functions that an edible forest ecology entails, from fruit and nut production to nitrogen fixation, insectary and ground cover. Our hope is to help spread interest in perennial-plant-based systems by giving local people the plants they need to get these systems going in their own ground. We do also love our annual veggies and flowers, so we offer some of those plants as well.

Our 2021 Plant Catalog is officially UP. It’s an exciting well-rounded offering this year, and the catalog is full of good information, so please either download the catalog or read it here on the website, and enjoy! You can place your plant orders using our brand new Online Store. If the online store isn’t to your liking, just send us an email with your list of plants. There is none of the detailed plant information on the store, so the plant catalog is still the place to go to get familiar with the offerings before purchasing on the store. If there’s a specific plant you want and you don’t see it in the catalog, let us know. We may be able to get it for you. For a list of our all our previous offerings, check out our LCF Master Plant List.
Also, don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter so you can be sure to get a reminder about the plant sale, or to know when each year’s new catalog is up. We still accept cash and checks through the online store, as well as credit cards and PayPal. Please contact us with any questions or requests. Happy planting dreams!

TAHOE TRUCKEE EARTH DAY 2022
2022-04-23 11:00 - 17:00 | The Village at Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA
The Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival is a volunteer run, non-profit event to recognize, celebrate and promote the region’s unique beauty. The Earth Day Festival provides a multitude of educational booths on the topics of watershed health, forest health, pollution prevention, alternative energy, waste management, and more.

South Lake Tahoe Earth Day Celebration
2022-04-24 10:00 - 15:00 | Bijou Community Park, 1201 Al Tahoe Blvd, South Lake Tahoe, CA
The League to Save Lake Tahoe will be hosting a booth at this year’s South Lake Tahoe Earth Day event. Stop by to learn about issues impacting Lake Tahoe, how you can get involved, and pick up Keep Tahoe Blue swag. We will have a fun, interactive activity and prizes!
Walk, ride your bike, take the bus or carpool with three or more friends to win a special prize at our booth. Join us at the Kid Zone to make a fun keepsake to take home.
If you are interested in volunteering to help Keep Tahoe Blue at the booth, email events@keeptahoeblue.org. If you are interested in volunteering at South Lake Tahoe Earth Day, please complete the form here.
More about South Lake Tahoe Earth Day
Earth Day recognizes, celebrates, and promotes our region’s unique beauty while educating the public about local environmental issues. Bring your friends and family to learn about ways to counteract global climate change through recycling and composting, alternative energy, water conservation, sustainability, and reducing our ecological footprint. Enjoy local live music and dance, swing through the Kid Zone to make some recycle-themed arts and crafts, or get your face painted, and be sure to support or wide array of educational booths and local vendors. Food and local crafts will be available for purchase, and don’t forget to buy some raffle tickets for our huge Earth Day raffle!

Reno Garlic Fest
2022-07-20 12:00 - 17:00 | Dick Taylor Park, 1140 Beech St., Reno, NV
Fourth Annual Garlic Fest!
Come meet our local garlic growers and enjoy unique garlicky food.
GARLIC GOODNESS INCLUDES but is not limited to:
Fresh Garlic
Garlic Seed
Garlic Braids
Garlic Powder
Pickled Garlic
Garlic Bread
Garlic Ice Cream
Garlic Gelato
Garlic Cotton Candy
Garlic Margaritas
Garlic Pistachios
Garlic Popcorn
Garlic Doughnuts
Garlic Infused Honey
Garlic Salve
Garlic Seed
Sweet Garlic Jam
Fire Cider
Join us in creating a community around the love of garlic plus buy your garlic for the coming months and support our local farmers!
Bring the kids for fun activities while listening to live music and having a locally crafted drink.
Parking is limited, please carpool, bike, rideshare or use the RTC.
This free event is brought to you by @RenoFoodSystems, part of Artown, funded by Nevada Department of Agriculture, and co-hosted by Be the Change Project.
The ticket link takes you to a fun, community based platform called GrowingNV that is cultivating our local food community through courses specific to Great Basin gardening, regional local food related events and other engagement opportunities. You have to join by creating a username etc but it’s free to use after you get signed in! Feel free to ask any questions you have about local food in our region!

Urban Root's Soil Palooza
2023-09-30 16:00 - 19:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
Urban Roots and Earth & Seeds are teaming up for the second annual Soil Palooza, a regenerative farming educational and community event. Discover how to collaborate effectively with nature through insightful demonstrations and talks led by local organizations like Vital Bee Buds, The Radish Hotel, Reno Food Systems, and many others.
This event is designed for the entire family, featuring music, games, and interactive pizza and cocktail making stations using farm-fresh ingredients.
Learn more and secure your ticket(s) here.
Kids 5 and under are free.

Tour & Composting Party
2023-12-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Be the Change Project’s Urban Homestead
Join Be the Change Project for a fun, informative, and maybe even inspirational compost-making volunteer afternoon. They’ll lead a tour of our permaculture urban homestead and work together building some big compost piles to use in their garden and food forest. It’ll be a fun way to meet other interesting people, learn some of the basics of permaculture and composting, and make a big contribution to the Be the Change Project’s gardens at the same time.

Dead Plant Society: January - Planning Your Garden
2024-01-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
New to gardening? Not sure what to grow or when to start? Winter is the perfect time to start planning your spring & summer garden and Urban Roots has you covered! In this workshop we’ll dive into the basics of planning out your garden, paying special attention to seed selection, soil health, and which plants grow well together. Everyone will go home with seeds to start growing and one lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a garden planning journal and gift card to Johnny’s Seeds.

Green College Class: Hoop Houses
2024-02-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: The Bartley Ranch Series
2024-02-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch

Dead Plant Society: Starting Seeds Indoors
2024-02-10 10:00 - 14:00 | Urban Teaching Farm, 1700 E 2nd Street, Reno, NV, 89502
Whether you have a full backyard or an apartment balcony, growing your own seedlings for fresh herbs, fruits, or vegetables can be fun and “dirt cheap”! In this workshop Urban Roots will share the basics of starting spring and summer seedlings indoors including materials needed, correct temperature, planning and watering. One lucky Dead Plant Society attendee will go home with a complete indoor-gardening set up including heating mat, soil, seeds, spray bottle and grow light.

Green College Class: Straw Bale Gardening
2024-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Fruit Tree Selection
2024-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Michael Janik will discuss fruit tree needs during all seasons in northern Nevada, including soil, chill hours, watering and pest control. He will list suggested fruit varieties he has grown and varieties he is growing now to determine suitability for our climate.

Green College Class: Mason Bees
2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Green College Class: Starting Veggies
2024-02-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434

Gardening in Nevada: Vertebrate Pests
2024-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Bartley Ranch
Melody Hefner will share knowledge on management of a variety of local vertebrate pests, including mice, ground squirrels, rabbits and more. Learn strategies to control these pests and prevent future infestations.
