Besides reaching a new client base in a beautiful, fun surrounding, our events bring together all types of people from different walks of life who enjoy gardening and the arts.

This is a uniquely no-cost event for all parties and is an excellent, low-stress way to display your art with people who are excited to see and meet you and purchase your unique products. Even if you decide not to participate in an upcoming event, visiting the nursery and supporting other artists.

The event is free to the public and free to vendors. We don't take a % or a cut. All we ask is that you help promote the event to your network of friends's family and co-workers. We're San Diego's largest organic nursery and are family-owned and operated. Our events are a way for us to unite our community and give back through nature, beauty and craft.

That being said, we DO charge a fully-refundable $50 deposit which guarantees you a place at the event (NO specific spaces can be reserved - spots are assigned at signup). Deposit is refundable 48 hours before the event. If you need to cancel, please call us at 619-284-6358 at least 24 hours before the event.

Spaces are assigned based on signup order. The reason for this is that our first event had 13 vendors... we now have double that! We have to move a lot of plants to fit everyone.

In order to keep this event free, we need to minimize our administration work and part of that is assigned space set-up. (Otherwise, we'd have to hire + pay someone to coordinate the event... and the cost would be passed on to vendors.  We want to keep this event free, and so we ask for your flexibility with spaces.)

We ask that you stay in an 8' table range and sit beneath a 10'x10' tent.

We have about a half-acre to place vendors, so there are lots of spots to choose from. We do require even if you've been a vendor in the past, that you visit before the event to "get the lay of the land" and drop off your $50 refundable deposit.

There are half a dozen shade spots available--some of which shift, depending on the sun's position. Many artists choose to bring an EZ-up or umbrella.

Our grounds are NOT paved, so please consider this as you consider your shade, tables, etc. You may need to bring things to “level” your booth (boards, etc).

While we encourage you to patronize fellow vendors. Also, Nate's Garden Grill will be open all day - you can have them make a to-go order so you can dine on locally-sourced food while you attend to customers.

City Farmers has one public restroom and Nate's Garden Grill next door has a public restroom.

It depends on the spot--certain spots allow for this (those near the back driveway and near the parking lot), others do not. We do have carts and wagons available for those needing to transport items. We ask that you bring your own "crew" for loading and unloading, as City Farmers staff need to be fully available for their work and serving customers.  Generally, it's safe and appropriate to pull your car in before 7:30am or after 5pm on the day of show. This is subject to change, as so much changes at the nursery!

We respectfully request that after you set up, you park in our secure, off-site parking lot on Altadena at our wonderful partners, New Creation Church on Altadena and Euclid. Your vehicle will be watched by security and a shuttle (the City Farmers truck) runs every 30 minutes to/from the lot.

We typically have anywhere from 250 to 350 people throughout the day. This is a substantial range, but we work VERY hard to get the word out and ask you bring ten people to visit to ensure a successful day.

We’re not sure how this will adjust as we reconvene for the first time since 2019.

In addition to in-store advertising, we reach out to our mailing list of over 6,000 people through a four-stage notification system. We post fliers at over 60 locations city-wide which include coffee shops, libraries, community centers, shopping centers, artist guilds and local restaurants. We use print advertising in the San Diego Union Tribune, The San Diego Reader, and local neighborhood newsletters (Azalea Park, Oak Park, Swan Canyon).

We also advertise on our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and through Eventbrite and event bulletin-board sites like Craigslist. Also, we send out advanced notice and day-of press releases to local tv stations (Fox-6, NBC-7/39, CBS-8, KUSI-9/51, ABC-10 and PBS-11/15).

We also ask that our vendors bring in 10 new people - friends, co-workers, neighbors or family. By bringing in your crew, you keep your event fee at $0 and help us spread the word!

In lieu of charging an event fee, we cheerfully request that each vendor brings ten new-to-City-Farmers customers... with 40 vendors bringing 10 new people each, that's 400 new customers for us all, in addition to the City Farmers Nursery customers!