Slide Ranch Celebrates 40 Years of Pioneering
Earth, Farm and Food Education Programs

Special Events for Slide Ranch Supporters

Friday, April 16: Dinner in the Slide Ranch Yurt hosted by the Slide Ranch Circle and Slide Ranch Board. For ticket information, contact Charles Higgins at 415.381.8758

Thursday September 30: 40th Anniversary Dinner
in the Slide Ranch Pasture presented by

Wonderful music, food and friends to come.  For sponsor and ticket information, contact Charles Higgins at 415.381.8758

Spring Fling                                                                        
Saturday April 24, 2010            

10am-4pm 

Spring Fling celebrates the season with live music, local organic cuisine, and farm and craft activities for everyone!  The event emphasizes local farms and food as part of this engaging hands-on event, complete with sheep shearing, goat milking, planting seeds and tasting of delicious local, organic foods. Attendees will enjoy interactive events designed to engage children including bread & cheese-making, spring crafts, nature hikes, carding and spinning wool, visits with the new baby goats and more. Slide Ranch welcomes kids and their families to immerse themselves in our spectacular coastal venue and fun educational activities in a natural setting. Parents will especially enjoy live bluegrass and acoustic jams as well as the breathtaking coastal views at Slide Ranch’s Muir Beach location.

HARVEST CELEBRATION
Saturday October 9, 10am – 4pm

Celebrate the season of harvest and bounty in the style of an old time country fair.
craft activities, guided tours and coastal hikes, milking goats, local food, and great live music.

PLEASE NOTE: Payment for your reservation must be made by 4:30 p.m. of the Thursday before the event by calling 415.381.6155.  After that, you may buy tickets at the gate.

Volunteer positions available for adults and teenagers! Please contact call 415.381.6155 or email office @ slideranch. org for more information or to sign up for volunteering at our events.  (NOTE SPACES WERE INSERTED TO AVOID ROBOTIC MESSAGES AND SPAM; PLEASE USE NO SPACES IF YOU SEND US AN EMAIL)

$20 per person pre-registered, $25 at the gate   
$75 for families of 4 or more. Age 2 and under Free.

Harvest Celebration on Saturday October 10, 2009 to celebrate the season of bounty and the golden season of Autumn

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What a Wonderful Evening !

The 2nd Silver Trowel Award Dinner was a tribute to the Grateful Dead at Cavallo Point Lodge
in historic Fort Baker on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

               
Composer John Perry Barlow and Bobby Weir    

Henry Kaiser played with Wake the Dead

If you are interested in supporting the Silver Trowel Award Dinner in 2009 through sponsorship or help selling tables and tickets, please call Charles Higgins at 415.381.8758 or charles . higgins @ slideranch . org (NOTE SPACES WERE INSERTED TO AVOID ROBOTIC MESSAGES AND SPAM; PLEASE USE NO SPACES IF YOU SEND US AN EMAIL)

and the first year...

First Slide Ranch Silver Trowel Award Dinner in Honor of Founder Doug Ferguson
Thursday, November 1, 2007
142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley

Thank you to everyone who supported this special evening of music, memories and inspiration!  We raised more than $85,000.

  
Huey Johnson, left, who was regional chief with the Nature Conservancy in 1970 and worked with Doug Ferguson, right, to engineer the tricky purchase of 134 acres of coastal land for Slide Ranch, presents the Silver Trowel to his longtime friend.  At right, Willie Brown Academy 5th grader Mika Henderson tells of her experience at Slide Ranch.

Warren Hellman, left, plays banjo with Nate Levine during a rousing Wronglers set

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