Sheep Shearing Day at Forest Home Farms
- Family-friendly agricultural demonstration featuring live sheep shearing and other historic farm activities. - Listed as an upcoming weekend event in the City of San Ramon's April 17 update—check the link for exact day and times. - Held at Forest Home Farms historic park in San Ramon; details at sanramon.ca.gov.
San Ramon is putting live sheep shearing on the calendar for Saturday, April 25, at Forest Home Farms Historic Park. (sanramon.ca.gov) The city’s April 17 update lists Sheep Shearing Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Forest Home Farms, with sheep dog demonstrations, music, food, crafts and the tractor museum open to visitors. (sanramon.ca.gov) The event also appears on San Ramon’s events listings as “Sheep Shearing Day” on April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the city calendar tags it as a City Partner Event at Forest Home Farms. (sanramon.ca.gov; sanramon.ca.gov) Forest Home Farms is the city’s historic park focused on the agricultural history of the San Ramon Valley, and the site says it uses exhibits and programs to connect that history to the present. (sanramon.ca.gov) That makes the shearing day more than a petting-zoo-style attraction: it is staged at a working history site with a tractor museum, farm grounds and regular “Fun on the Farm” programming. (sanramon.ca.gov; sanramon.ca.gov) Forest Home Farms is at 19953 San Ramon Valley Boulevard, and the park says its grounds are normally open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for self-guided visits. (sanramon.ca.gov) For families planning the weekend, the city’s latest posting gives the clearest schedule: Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the sheep getting their annual “hair cut” at Forest Home Farms. (sanramon.ca.gov)
