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Sonoma Garden Park is a 6.1 acre working farm, center of education, and public park. We are open from dawn to dusk, seven days a week.

A project of the Sonoma Ecology Center, Sonoma Garden Park provides a beautiful, natural environment with educational opportunities for both adults and children. The property was a gift from Pauline Bond, schoolteacher and a gardener, to the City of Sonoma. Sonoma Ecology Center has developed the property and maintains it to promote sustainable garden & farming practices in the community.

06/12/2026

Your guide to a sweet and special Saturday at Sonoma Garden Park—YOUR community park!

📍Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th St E, Sonoma

🥕 Shop organic produce, vegetable starts, and fresh flowers plus locally sourced goodies like eggs, olive oil, and honey at the Harvest Market (9:00 am-1:00 pm)!

🪱 Learn new skills at our hands-on Composting Workshop with local Soil Scientist and friend of the garden, Bobby Nicholson of Compost Depot from 11:00 am-1:00 pm. It's FREE to attend thanks to our partners at Sonoma County Ag + Open Space. Space is limited, sign up here: https://sec.regfox.com/compost-workshop-june-13-2026

🌱 Play in the Children's Play Area! Well-shaded and full of sustainably-made features from all natural materials, the garden park's playground is a family favorite in Sonoma. Especially on hot days, little ones love playing with the water pump or relaxing on the cargo net.

🌻 Hang out and explore the garden! The garden park is open all day long 7:00 am-7:00 pm, so even if you can't make it for the workshop or Harvest Market, come enjoy a meandering walk and take in the late spring blooms.

Photos by Melania Mahoney, Rebecca Kelly, and Marielle V Chua

06/11/2026

Founded by a Sonoma Valley school teacher and now an outdoor classroom and community hub for Sonoma Ecology Center's Environmental Education Team, Sonoma Garden Park feels most alive when it is full of children.

On June 8, we welcomed our first group of Summer 2026 campers to the park for a week of earth science activities, adventure course challenges, nature crafts, and so much more! Campers have been busy ice-dyeing bandanas, making gnome villages, and staying cool with the water pump and sprinkler features in the Children's Play Area.

There is still space in upcoming sessions of Earth Explorers Camp and Creek Camp! Click below to learn more and register your little one for a meaningful outdoor experience they'll remember long after summer is over.

Sign up at www.sonomaecologycenter.org/science-camp

Earth Explorers Camp (ages 6-11)
📍Sonoma Garden Park
Session 2: June 15–19 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)
Session 3: June 29-July 3 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)

Creek Camp (ages 8-12)
📍Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Session 1: July 6-10 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)
Session 2: July 13–17 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)
Session 3: July 20–24 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)
Session 4: July 27–31 (Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-3:00 pm)

Photos by Marielle V Chua

06/01/2026

Join us at Sonoma Garden Park to celebrate the art of the perfect summer sip! Set amid the garden’s summer blooms and fruit trees, this relaxed, hands-on workshop from Sonoma Ecology Center and Sonoma County Ag + Open Space explores a seasonal repertoire of refreshing mixers and infusions inspired by the summer's best local fruit and herbs.

JUNE 27 — Summer Sips in the Garden
12:00-2:00 pm
Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th St E, Sonoma
Sign up: https://sec.regfox.com/summersips

This workshop is free of charge thanks to the voters of Sonoma County who fund the work of Ag + Open Space with a quarter-cent sales tax.

Together, we’ll craft a selection of delicious non-alcoholic drinks, from homemade electrolyte tonics to deeply infused iced teas layered with garden-grown botanicals. Our friends at Sonoma Syrup Co are kindly providing refreshing, handcrafted syrups for us to add to our mocktails! Along the way, you’ll learn simple techniques for building balanced, flavor-forward beverages using whole ingredients and pantry staples.

Each guest will leave with a freshly cut bundle of herbs to inspire their next batch at home!

Come gather with friends, raise a glass, and discover delicious ways to stay cool, hydrated, and nourished all summer long.

Photos by Marielle V Chua

05/21/2026

Is it really almost June?! We're savoring every beautiful, sun-filled moment in the garden.

Coming up next month at Sonoma Garden Park:

JUNE 8 — Earth Explorers Camp for little ones (ages 6-11) runs Monday-Friday all month long! Register for Summer Camps at https://sec.regfox.com/summer-science-camps-earth-explorers-2026

JUNE 13 — A fan-favorite, our Community Compost Workshop with Compost Depot is back! Sponsored by Sonoma County Ag + Open Space, this workshop is free of charge but fills up quickly, so reserve your spot ASAP at https://sec.regfox.com/compost-workshop-june-13-2026

JUNE 20 — Usher in the Summer Solstice with a special Forest Therapy Walk, led by LMFT and friend of the garden, Susan Karle. This special outing only happens once per season at the garden park, and thanks to our partners at Sonoma County Ag + Open Space, it is free to attend. Sign up at https://sec.regfox.com/forest-therapy620

Photos by Austin Noble

05/14/2026

Heads up! The Native Plant Nursery will be closed this Friday, but we’ll be back for our regular Friday Plant Sale on May 22, 12:00-3:00 pm 🌱

Swipe through for a peak at what’s on offer at the Harvest Market this Saturday, 9:00 am-1:00 pm! We also have kale, beets, lettuce, vegetable starts, eggs, olive oil, honey, and fresh cut flowers. Don’t forget your reusable shopping bag!

05/12/2026

It was a truly magical weekend at Sonoma Garden Park—made possible by our incredible community of volunteers, native plant enthusiasts, and garden park visitors! Between the hustle and bustle of the Harvest Market, overflowing carts of native plants being wheeled back and forth from the Nursery to the parking lot, and our Make & Take Potted Plants workshop in the picnic area, every corner of the garden park was full of life—just as it should be!

Up next, join us for Movie Night in the Garden on Wednesday, May 20! We'll gather at 7:30, and the movie starts at 8! Any guesses as to which movie we're screening? Leave your guess (or future suggestion) in the comments!

https://sonomaecologycenter.org/event/movie-nights-at-sonoma-garden-park-2/2026-05-20/

05/08/2026

EnviroLeaders Hazel, Kate, and Julia are prepping Terra cotta pots for our Make & Take Painted Potted Plants workshop tomorrow morning! Come by 11:00 am-1:00 pm and decorate a potted plant, for yourself or for a special mom in your life! 🪴

Sign up through the Calendar of Events link in our bio.

Photo courtesy of Rebecca Kelly

05/06/2026

Our Annual Spring Native Plant Sale is this Saturday, May 9—just in time for Mother's Day! A pollinator-friendly native plant that supports Mother Earth makes for a lovely Mother's Day gift 💚

🌱 Spring Native Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9
9:00 am-1:00 pm
Sonoma Native Plant Nursery at Sonoma Garden Park
19996 7th St E, Sonoma

This is one of only two times per year that our Native Plant Nursery is open on the weekend, so don't miss this opportunity to shop gorgeous native plants, perennials, shrubs, and trees grown right here at the garden park. Every plant sold supports our community's pollinators, fire resilience, and Sonoma Ecology Center's environmental restoration work throughout the Valley.

Visit https://sonomaecologycenter.org/nativeplantnursery/ to learn more about our propagation practices and see a full list of available species.

We can't wait to see you at the Nursery this Saturday!

Cover photo by Marielle V Chua

05/02/2026

Another beautiful weekend at the garden park, featuring Bea 🐾 and Mickey!

There's SO much growing at the garden right now—from new starts in the Native Plant Nursery to unique crops in community garden beds to wildflowers that have sprouted up everywhere along the paths. Springtime in Sonoma Valley is truly magical, and the garden park is one of the Valley's many gems!

Here are a few highlights from our upcoming events:

🌱 Spring Plant Sale at the Native Plant Nursery, May 9, 9:00 am-1:00 pm

🖌️ Make & Take: Paint Potted Plants (with Sonoma County Ag + Open Space), May 9, 11:00 am-1:00 pm

🌾 Harvest Market, Saturdays, 9:00 am-1:00 pm

🎬 Movie Night in the Garden (movie tba), Wednesday, May 20, 7:00 pm

Sign up for all of these events at www.sonomaecologycenter.org/events

Photos by Rebecca Kelly and Aila Fassett

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19996 7th Street E
Sonoma, CA
95476

Website

http://www.sonomaecologycenter.org/sonomagardenpark, http://www.linktr.ee/sonomaecologycenter

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