Come show off your Halloween costumes and explore the Spooktacular Youth Garden for all kinds of fun.

There will be animal explorations and tracking, scavenger hunts, and games. Effie Yeaw Nature Center, Sacramento Splash, and Save the Snakes will have  creatures of all sizes and shapes for your family to see. Create natural Halloween decor for your home. Make acorn owls, autumn leaf butterflies, and corn husk dolls. *Decorate pumpkins for an additional fee. It is sure to be a treat!

You get to see what’s happening on the sun. Community Observatory docents will set up several types of solar telescopes for safe public solar viewing of the exciting events happening now.

There will be a bat hollow maze, a Halloween tradition at Soil Born Farms created by the farmers, where you can learn about bats, owls, crows, and hawks.

Naturalist Cliff Hawley will give a free talk in the Sacred Circle. There will be a Regenerative Agriculture Farm Tour where you can explore the American River Ranch through the eyes of a visionary.

Walk and talk with Shawn Harrison enjoy live music with Millington Strings with a cup of Pachamama coffee and local baked goods available at Phoebe’s Tea and Snack Bar.

Farmhouse Kitchen Pop-Up Brunch:
-Frittata Plate: autumn vegetable frittata served with roasted potatoes and mixed green salad
-Lil’ Sprouts Plate: three organic buttermilk pancakes with sautéed apples and cinnamon, served with organic butter and organic maple syrup
-Green Plate Special: black bean chili served with buttermilk chive cornbread and cilantro-lime slaw

*Proceeds Benefit the Culinary Arts Program

Sponsors include Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, SMUD, Pachamama coffee farmers, Kaiser Permanente, and Community Observatory