CALABASH - A Festival of Gourds, Art and the Garden

Sunday, October 5, 2014
1-5 pm

Food For Thought, in collaboration with the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, present the 14th annual Calabash - Sonoma County’s most colorful and inspiring harvest event. Calabash, named Best Fundraiser by readers of the North Bay Bohemian in 2013 and 2014, features a silent auction of fine gourd art, along with tours of Food For Thought’s beautiful organic gardens, which will be at their peak.

Read full post at Food for Thought

Gourds galore celebrated at harvest festival

Time to celebrate the lowly but heroic and useful gourd. The annual Calabash in Forestville is Sunday, Oct. 7 from 1 to 5 p.m. and what a bash it will be.

For 12 years Food For Thought has focused on the gourd and art at harvest time. This year Occidental Arts and Ecology Center has joined forces and brought their gardening experience to the garden at Food for Thought. Guests at Calabash will enjoy a sumptuous array of fine food and wine from the county’s bountiful harvest, and live music played on hand-made gourd instruments. More than 100 artists have been invited to work with gourds and bring their work to Calabash...

Read full article at the West County blog of the Press Democrat

October 3, Calabash @ Food for thought

One of Sonoma County’s most remarkable food and art events – Calabash-A Celebration of Gourds, Art and the Garden – will take place on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the beautiful organic gardens of Food For Thought - Sonoma County AIDS Food Bank. This year’s event holds special significance as we are celebrating our 10^th anniversary.

Information at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center and at  Food for Thought.