This week's Sonoma County home and garden events

FORESTVILLE

Shone Farm Fall Festival

The Santa Rosa Junior College's Shone Farm is celebrating 45 years with a free harvest gathering Oct. 13. The 365-acre farm in the Russian River Valley has been used as a field laboratory and teaching resource for agriculture and natural resources students for more than four decades. Shone Farm offers students hands-on experience as they learn about conservation, viticulture and winemaking, among other things. Activities at the fall festival include picking pumpkins, apple pressing, wood milling demonstrations and compost demonstrations. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 7450 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville. For more information, visit facebook.com/SRJCShonefarm.

SANTA ROSA

Popular Rebel Junk sale returns to county

The popular vintage popup Rebel Junk is returning to the Sonoma County Event Center Oct. 13 showcasing repurposed and upcycled home decor and antiques, among other finds. Look for Instagram-worthy scores from vintage farmhouse cute to rusty chic. The vendors include Jessica Clark of Jessies Find & Refind of Napa, who features home decor and handmade candles. Admission is $5. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Event Center at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Road, Santa Rosa. For more information, call 707-545-4200 or visit rebeljunk.com.

Santa Rosa

Learn to harvest graywater at free talk

You can learn how to use the well-spring of reusable water at your house Oct. 18 at a free talk. Daily Acts, the nonprofit dedicated to promoting sustainable communities, is one of the event coordinators. It is encouraging people to develop this practice of collecting graywaater because it will save them money while helping their garden flourish. The talk is geared toward homeowners who are rebuilding. The event will highlight optional features outlined in the scalable, easy-to-permit landscape templates found at the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Santa Rosa Utility Field Office, 35 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa. For more information, call 707-789-9664. To register, visit dailyacts.org.

SANTA ROSA

Expert talk on Monarch butterflies

Suzanne Clarke, a Sonoma County Master Gardener, will give a free talk Oct. 18 on the benefits of luring Monarch Butterflies to your garden. Clarke will urge people to plant natives to reduce the use of pesticides and also create a safe haven for these butterflies, which have declined in numbers over the past 35 years. She will explain the life cycle of the Monarch and what the home gardener can do to help their survival. Guests will learn how to make a farm enabling them to observe the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly. Clarke has gardened in Germany, Taiwan, England, Zimbabwe, as well as in the United States. The Santa Rosa Garden Club is hosting the meeting. 1 p.m., Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa, Santa Rosa. For more information, email gardenclubevents@yahoo.com.

You can send Home and Garden news to Staff Writer Peg Melnik at peg.melnik@pressdemocrat.com. Send items at least three weeks in advance of your event.