New in Art, Culture & Outdoors Sonoma County Fall 2021

EARTHseed Farm
EARTHseed farm is Sonoma County’s first Afro-Indigenous farm. Owner Pandora Thomas practices permaculture, which designs ecological systems based on Indigenous wisdom to curate healthy and resilient natural systems. Over 4,000 fruit trees, native and medicinal plants, and wild critters call EARTHseed home. On Saturdays, the farm is open to the public for U-Pick by appointment, which are offered week-to-week.
http://earthseedfarm.org

Art in Paradise
Paradise Ridge Winery is home to a sculpture garden filled with large-scale art, and the family-owned winery welcomed new pieces to its 155-acre property and vineyards. The Empyrean Temple is a new 40-foot sculpture on the property, originally meant for the cancelled Burning Man Festival in 2020. A new 30-foot Welcome Tower stands tall to welcome visitors with a gold leaf crown and 24 reclaimed doors scavenged from San Francisco’s neighborhoods. While on private property, the site is open and free to the public on a simple walk-in basis daily 10 to 4:30.
https://prwinery.com

New Carrington Ranch Park
The Sonoma County Regional Parks is previewing their newly acquired property set on 335 rolling acres on the Sonoma Coast, Carrington Ranch Park. On preview days, the public is invited to enjoy a self-guided hike on the property and learn more about the master planning process that will lead to the park’s permanent opening. At that time, the park will provide a critical segment of the 1,200-mile California Coastal Trail and link to public lands to the north and south.
http://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Play/Calendar/Carrington-Coast-Ranch-Park-Preview-2021-08-19/

New Sky Lupine Trail offers Peak Taylor Mountain Experience

The Sonoma County Regional Parks have completed a new trail that leads to the top of Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: The Sky Lupine Trail. As part of ongoing improvements to the park, the new route replaces the much-used Eastern Trail's straight-up climb with a pleasant meander, which reduces erosion, provides greater ease of travel, and offers a more scenic trip to the 1,400 foot summit. The park's 1,100 acres include sweeping grasslands, oak woodlands, several creeks, and provide a habitat for a variety of wildlife. From the summit, visitors can see central Sonoma County, the Laguna de Santa Rosa, the Coast Range, the Mayacamas Range and other North Bay Landmarks.The parkland was used for ranching for many years and cattle grazing continues in the park
http://parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Visit/Taylor-Mountain-Regional-Park-and-Preserve/

About Sonoma County Tourism
Sonoma County Tourism is the region’s official Destination Stewardship Organization. Through a multi-channel sales and marketing program, the organization promotes Sonoma County as a global visitor and meetings destination, where diversity thrives, and everyone is welcome. Leveraging the region’s unmatched assets, wine, culinary, wellness and sustainability continue to define its character. Pre-pandemic, tourism generated $2.3 Billion in visitor spending, $194 Million in tax revenue and employed more than 23,000 Sonoma Countians. Post-pandemic, SCT will work with partner businesses to rebuild the tourism economy, regain critical revenue and re-establish a vibrant workforce. For more information, visit www.sonomacounty.com

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