Central Park Gardens will host its fifth annual Open House and Plant Sale on Saturday, October 29^th from 9 am to 1 pm in conjunction with the Davis Farmers Market Fall Festival. 

This year, the garden volunteers are proud to be unveiling two new permanent garden features: a sculptural sundial created by artist Angela Ridgway and a series of interpretive signs designed by Mark Deamer that highlight sustainable gardening tips and techniques.  Both Ridgway and Deamer will be available during the Open House to answer questions about their work.

Other event highlights include Master Gardener information booths with eco-friendly and water-saving gardening advice, information about least toxic pest control from the City of Davis, nutrition facts and recipe ideas from the UC Davis Student Nutrition Association, and a fun seed-planting activity for kids.  Fall is a great time for planting, and the plant sale of fall vegetables, flowers, herbs, bulbs, and natives will raise much needed funds to benefit garden maintenance.

Here's a list of the plants we'll have for sale.  All plants will be in 2" pots:

Vegetables
Cascadia snap peas
Viroflay spinach
Lavewa spinach
Arugula
Bronze arrow lettuce
Buttercrunch lettuce
Rouge d’hiver lettuce
Windsor fava beans
Ruby red chard

Flowers
Paprika yarrow (Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’)
Tower of Jewels (Echium wildpretii)
Pink California poppy (Eschscholzia californica ‘Rose Chiffon’)
Autumn sage (Salvia greggii ‘Flame’)
Santa Barbara daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)
Blue shrimp plant (Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’)

Herbs/Edible Flowers
Cupani sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus ‘Cupani’)
Wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
Grosso lavender (Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’)
Peach Melba nasturtium
Mahogany nasturtium
Fennel (bulb-form)

Wildflowers and Bulbs
Island pink yarrow (Achillea millefolium ‘Island Pink’)
Red California poppy (Eschscholzia californica ‘Mikado’)
Tidy tips (Layia platyglossa)
Desert bluebells (Phacelia campanularia)
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
Argentine rain lily (Zephyranthes candida)
Golden bells daffodils (bulbs) (Narcissus ‘Golden Bells’)
Ithuriel’s spear (bulbs) (Triteleia laxa ‘Queen Fabiola’)