Find scores of vendors and local home experts
Discover your landscaping style during the Sacramento Home & Garden Show this weekend, Oct. 11-13. Courtesy Sacramento Home & Garden Show
Got projects on your to-do list? Or a lot of home and garden questions? Find folks who get things done – and have plenty of answers – at a Sacramento tradition: the original Sacramento Home & Garden Show.
For three days, Oct. 11-13, this huge fall show fills the Pavilion building at Cal Expo. Scores of vendors offer their latest home and garden products as well as skills.
“Renovating and upgrading your home can be a stressful process if you don’t have the right team to help,” say the organizers. “For over 40 years, the Sacramento Home & Garden Show has been helping homeowners find the resources, savings, and professionals to get the job done right!
“Meet and learn from top local experts in a casual, comfortable, no-pressure environment. You’ll see the newest in landscaping, gardening, patios, fencing, decks, heating and air, solar, insulation, remodeling, new construction, plumbing, kitchens, baths, closets, home furnishings, appliances, lighting, roofing, painting, gutters, home security, windows, doors, siding, tile, stone, granite, BBQs, pools, spas and more!”
That’s quite a list! Pick up a copy of the show’s “Homeowner’s Toolkit” with worksheets, checklists, tips and more on how to tackle any home or landscape renovation project.
Also, shop for plants and garden needs. Find your perfect landscape style.
Show hours are noon to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Park in Lot D (near the racetrack grandstand) and enter the Blue Gate.
Admission: $10 general, $8 seniors (65 and up); youth (age 17 and younger) admitted free. Parking: $10.
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