Workshops & Demonstrations
Learn something new at Hoes Down
There’s a workshop for everyone at Hoes Down. Come tour the farm, look for bugs, get wild, learn a new skill or practice an old one. Ask an expert and get your hands dirty!
Workshops & Tours
The Dynamics of a Small Farm
Hear how passion, creativity and endurance set the cornerstones for this diversified small family farm.
Saturday at 5 pm
Carine & Robert Hines, Suntracker Farm
Organic Fruit Trees
An information packed workshop on both the basics and finer points of growing beautiful, delicious and abundant organic fruit.
Saturday at 4:30 pm
Jeff Main, Good Humus Farm & Andrew Brait, Full Belly Farm
Demonstrations
Sheep Shearing
Watch Full Belly Farm expert sheep wrangler Rye Muller as he gives our a sheep a much needed hair cut!
Saturday at 3 pm & 5 pm
Rye Muller, Full Belly Farm
Special Events
Yoga
Get ready to stretch, sweat and connect with the natural world! Bring your yoga mat for all-levels vinyasa yoga. Led by Elizabeth Christen, once a yoga instructor in San Francisco for 15 years and is now a full-time Davis resident.
Two classes: Saturday at 5:30 pm & Sunday at 7:00 am
Elizabeth Christen
Preserving Farmland with Yolo Land Trust
Learn all about land trusts and how they work!
Saturday at 1 pm
Yolo Land Trust
Fertile Soil, Healthy Plants
Hear how fertile soil affects everything from the ground up. Learn how to maximize your soil health to produce the most beautiful and vibrant plants.
Saturday at 3:30 pm
Margaret Lloyd, UC Cooperative Extension
Flowers, Flowers, Flowers!
Come tour the flower fields and farm’s famous “Wreath Room”. Growing, harvesting drying and arranging will all be discussed.
Saturday at 2 pm
Hannah Muller, Full Belly Farm
Full Belly Farm Tour (3!)
Come see what 40 years of farming get’s ya! Walk through the farm’s diverse crops and ask any of your farming questions.
Saturday at 1, 3, and 5:30 pm
Led by Paul Muller and Andrew Brait, Full Belly Farm
Chicken and the Egg
Come find out the answer to the age old question…and learn about how to keep pastured chickens. All ages welcome!
Saturday at 1:30 pm
Rye and Becca Muller, Full Belly Farm
Wreath Making
Join Annie Main of Good Humus farm as she teaches the art of turning dried flowers into a beautiful wreath.
Saturday at 1 pm
Annie Main, Good Humus Farm
Massage
Body work by Rivka Mason
Chair and table Massage therapy by Tonia Hafter, Melting the Dragon
All day on Saturday
Bug Hunt: find the pollinators!
Have fun catching bugs and learning about who’s pollinating the farm and why. ALL AGES WELCOME!
Saturday at 4 pm
Neal Williams & Abigail Lehner, UC Davis Department of Entomology
The Wild-Side Exploration
Come learn about riparian native habitat and see some of the animals, reptiles and birds that inhabit the Capay Valley.
Saturday at 12:30 pm
Elliot Schoenig, Biologist USGS
Live Fire Cooking
Watch and learn as Michelin-starred chef Seth Stowaway roasts a whole Full Belly lamb over an open fire.
Saturday at 2 pm
Seth Stowaway, Osito
Organic Trivia
See how much organic trivia you know and win fun prizes!
Saturday at 4 pm
Bernadette Brogden, Real Organic Project
Solar Energy, Solar Power: Demystified
A live demonstration of a solar power system in operation. A chance to have all your questions answered. For the novice and experienced alike.
Saturday at 3:45 pm
Ernesto Montenero, Sustainable Technologies
Home Gardens Alive!
Discover five fundamental principles to growing a consistently successful vegetable garden of any size!
Saturday at 2:30 pm
Christiana Paoletti, Backyard Farming Company
