Mazes, pumpkin patch, free tram tours plus gardening experts
Daylilies are the specialty at the Amador Flower Farm, but there are plenty of other things to see and enjoy this weekend during Fall Fun Days. Courtesy Amador Flower Farm
Ready for some fall fun, flower farm-style?
Enjoy a weekend of autumn celebration at Amador Flower Farm as the foothill wine country destination celebrates the season with its annual Fall Fun Days Festival.
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29, the farm will host a family-friendly, garden-oriented salute to the season including mazes, a pumpkin patch and animals to pet.
Tour the farm’s demonstration gardens for water-wise landscaping ideas. Plant experts will offer demonstrations and tips on fall planting, spring bulbs and the farm’s specialty – daylilies. Amador Flower Farm grows hundreds of daylily varieties.
Take a free tram tour of the farm, spread out over rolling hills among heritage oaks. Admission and parking are free.
“After our long hot summer, the days begin to cool and the fall planting season heats up!” say the hosts. “Join us for our Fall Fun Days Festival. There will be fun for the entire family. Demonstrations by plant experts and fall bulb extravaganza.
"Visit the farm animals, take a free tram ride tour of the farm and venture through the hay bale maze, pumpkin patch and cornfield maze.”
Bring a picnic to enjoy, too; there’s plenty of space under the trees.
Details: https://www.amadorflowerfarm.com/ or (209) 245-6660.
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* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
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* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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