Rohnert Park Weekend Planner: Sept. 2-4

Friday:

It’s almost Labor Day and a great time for a picnic. Pick up your fixins’ here and then check out the band, Solid Air '60s.  Dance like you mean it!

If you go: The free fun is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the City Center Plaza, 500 City Center Drive in Rohnert Park.

Friday:

Spend the evening by joining Valley End Farm and for an all local farm dinner. These family style dinners include fresh produce from the Valley End Farm as well as wonderful offerings from other local farms, ranches and wineries. A wine tasting with appetizers begins at 6:30 p.m. and dinner seating is at 7 p.m. Chef Don Nolan has been creating fantastic and delicious dinners. Meet the farmers, the chef and have a great dinner all the while knowing that you’re helping to support the local economy while enjoying the best that summer has to offer.

If you go: Dinner is $35 and includes the wine tasting and dessert. Dishes are served family style. Call 707-586-4679 for reservations. The is at 1 Doubletree Drive in Rohnert Park.

Saturday:

From the start, this permaculture food forest was a community effort, with "daily actors" volunteering over a course of several weekend workshops to do the initial installation. Continue this work at Pocket Park in Cotati by joining Daily Acts for a fall workday. Revisit permaculture design principles, see firsthand intricate plant guilds in action, taste the honey-suckle sweet nectar of Jerusalem sage, and learn to take raspberry root cuttings — maybe even take some cuttings home for your own backyard food forests. Learn from permaculture designer Patrick Picard and get hands-on experience, while helping with much-needed fall plant & fruit tree care and filling out the landscape with additional plantings.

If you go: Register for this free Daily Acts workshop by visiting this website.The workshop is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pocket Park, corner of LaSalle & Loretta Avenues in Cotati. 

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