(UPDATED 9/12/2020) Description of the fifth annual Sacramento Wide Open Walls 2020 mural festival scheduled to take place September 10 – September 24, 2020. Wide Open Walls 2020 is scheduled to take place over eleven days this month – in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike previous years, the artist line-up is primarily local which […]
Chalk It Up Around Town
Description of 2020 Chalk It Up Around Town, a variation of the Chalk It Up festival held annually in Sacramento on Labor Day Weekend. 2020 is the 30th Anniversary of the Chalk It Up Festival! This year the festival be held September 5 through September 7. SacramentoRevealed.com – All Things Sacramento (from a personal perspective) […]
Virtual Native Plant Garden Tour
Description of the 10th Annual Gardens Gone Native Tour, a native plant garden tour converted this year into a virtual tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society released on-line for your viewing pleasure a slide-show featuring 23 Central Valley gardens. I had made a […]
Nests – Patterns from Nature
Description of Nests – Patterns from Nature, an Environmental Art Exhibit in the Filoli Garden and Nature Preserve created by W. Gary Smith A friend and I recently hiked around the beautiful grounds of Filoli, located in Woodside, California. The historic house and its gardens are always a pleasure to visit. We were particularly […]
CSUS (Sac State) University Arboretum
(UPDATED 1/21/2020) Description of a tour of the CSUS (Sac State) University Arboretum, a three acre botanic garden located west of the J Street entrance to the campus. Members of the Sacramento Renaissance Society recently had the opportunity to attend a class/tour of the CSUS Sac State University Arboretum. The Arboretum is located west of […]