Sheep Shearing Day at Forest Home Farms

San Ramon’s annual Sheep Shearing Day is set for Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Forest Home Farms Historic Park. (sanramon.ca.gov) The event is presented by the San Ramon Historic Foundation at Forest Home Farms, 19953 San Ramon Valley Blvd. City event listings and the foundation’s event page both place it at the historic park on the same four-hour schedule. (sanramon.ca.gov, sanramon.org) Organizers say visitors can expect live sheep shearing, sheep dog demonstrations, Glass House tours, the tractor museum, arts and crafts, blacksmithing, wool spinning and food vendors. The city’s farm events page also lists the program as a ticketed fundraiser for the San Ramon Historic Foundation. (sanramon.ca.gov, sanramon.ca.gov, srhf.org) Ticket prices start at $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 4 to 12 during the early-bird period, then rise after April 19 to $15 for adults and $8 for children. Children 3 and under are free, and the foundation says the event is rain or shine with no refunds. (srhf.org) Forest Home Farms is one of San Ramon’s main historic sites, and the city says the park is meant to preserve and interpret the agricultural history of the San Ramon Valley. The farm is regularly used for “Fun on the Farm Saturday” programs that pair seasonal activities with local history. (sanramon.ca.gov, sanramon.ca.gov) The site itself carries a longer story than a single festival day. The San Ramon Historic Foundation says Ruth Quayle Boone left the Boone family farm to the city in 1997 for use as a municipal historic park, and the property includes buildings and farm structures tied to the valley’s agricultural past. (srhf.org, srhf.org) For the foundation, Sheep Shearing Day is not a small add-on event. The group describes it as one of its largest annual community programs, drawing more than 1,000 visitors to the park. (sanramon.org) The timing also fits the farm’s spring calendar. City listings show Sheep Shearing on April 25, followed by May Day on May 2 and Flower Pressing on May 9, as Forest Home Farms moves through a season built around hands-on history. (sanramon.ca.gov) For families looking for the practical details, the event runs only on Saturday afternoon hours, and Forest Home Farms’ regular park hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. That means Sheep Shearing Day lands as a focused four-hour fundraiser inside a working historic park that is open year-round. (sanramon.ca.gov, sanramon.ca.gov)