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As Sonoma County officials are warning of high wildfire risk this fire season, we check-in with Chief Baxman, Monte Rio Station Chief with the Goldridge Fire Protection District. Community members are encouraged to sign up for emergency alerts, maintain defensible space around their homes, and review evacuation routes. More preparedness resources are available at SoCoEmergency.org.
Since 1973, Sonoma County Farm Trails has presented the Gravenstein Apple Fair every August during peak Gravenstein season. The heart of the Fair is the celebrated heirloom Gravenstein Apple, praised by horticulturist Luther Burbank as the most exceptional apple of all for flavor and versatility. There we met some apple experts from North Coast Organic, apple growers from Sebastopol.
Sebastopol’s Luther Burbank’s Experiment Farm — one of the little-known treasures of Sonoma County — is hallowed ground for anyone interested in gardens or plant cultivation.
It was here that, from 1885 to 1926, famed horticulturist Luther Burbank developed many of the 800-plus varieties of fruit and nut trees, flowers, and vegetables for which he’s celebrated, including the Santa Rosa plum, a Freestone peach, and the Shasta daisy. Today, a crew of volunteers keep the legacy - and the plants- preserved for the public.
West County families gathered at the District 5 Field Office in Guerneville for a Backpack Giveaway & Family Resource Fair in preparation for going back to school.