Fall Garden Fair

Check back in August for our 2025 event.

Saturday October 5, 2024
9:00 am–2:00 pm

Join us for our Fall Garden Fair, held at our Martial Cottle Park Demonstration Garden in San Jose as part of the Martial Cottle Park Fall Festival.

Admission: Free.
Parking: $6

About Martial Cottle Park
Directions (Google Maps)

Park map and Master Gardener Fair map

Master Gardener Activities

Shop for locally grown plants.
Attend free gardening talks.
Get advice at our Help Desk.
Learn to sharpen your pruners.
Tour our demonstration gardens.
Enjoy fun children’s activities.

Let our Plant Daycare watch your purchases, then stroll through our gardens, attend a talk, bring your plant, soil, pest, and tool questions to our Information Tables, or eat a picnic lunch.

Plant Sale

Our Fall Garden Fair plant sale offers a bounty of winter vegetable, herb, ornamental, and native plant seedlings plus beautiful low-water succulents and garlic/shallot bulbs. They all thrive in our cool winter conditions and will keep your garden producing year-round. Come get inspired!

Vegetables

Herbs

Ornamentals

Native Plants

Garlic/Shallots

Succulents

Arrive early for best selection. Some varieties may sell out quickly or be in short supply. Please bring a box, cart, or wagon for an easier shopping experience. Only service dogs permitted in the sales area. We suggest wearing sturdy shoes for walking on the uneven wood chip mulched sales area.

Plants start at $5. Cash, checks, and credit/debit cards are all accepted. Proceeds support the Master Gardeners' mission.

Gardening Talks

Join us for talks by UC Master Gardeners. No registration needed. See talk schedule.

Information Tables

Bring your plant, soil, pest, and tool questions to our Education Booths.

Help Desk: Bring your questions and plant samples and learn more about what is in our gardens.
Tool Care: See live demonstrations of how to keep your tools sharp and in tip-top condition. Bring your own hand pruner (it must be in working condition) and learn to sharpen it yourself.
Master Composters: Learn about composting and composting resources in Santa Clara County
Master Food Preservers: Find out how to preserve your garden bounty with safe, effective techniques.

We will also have a Cover Crop Demonstration area and an Irrigation Information area in the raised beds between the Pavilion and the Farm Stand, where you can get your questions answered. Check out our One World Kitchen Garden for new ideas and interesting plants from around the world.

There will be docents throughout the gardens to answer questions.

Fall Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, Native Plants, and Succulents Questions: The Master Gardeners in any of our sales areas will be happy to answer your questions on growing, harvesting, dealing with problems, special varieties, and more.

Children's Activities

Kids will have a great time in our Growing Young Gardeners area. Come see what fun our volunteers have in store. Learn about gardening and how food grows with a variety of fun activities. For kids of all ages.

Community Volunteers

Want to get involved? This is a great opportunity for high school or college students looking for volunteer hours.

Volunteer Match

The Fall Garden Fair is an educational event and fundraiser to benefit the UC Master Gardener Program of Santa Clara County, a division of the University of California’s Agriculture and Natural Resources.