The UC Master Gardener volunteers of Contra Costa County are hosting their annual spring fundraiser, the 2026 Great Tomato Plant Sale, across Walnut Creek, Antioch, and Richmond. The event will run for six days between April 11 and May 2, offering more than 70 varieties of tomatoes along with a wide range of other edible plants.
Shoppers can find sweet and hot peppers, squash, cucumbers, beans, eggplant, herbs, and artichokes, all priced at $4.00 each. Volunteers have been preparing thousands of plants in temporary hoop-houses and tending to the fruit orchard at the Walnut Creek demonstration garden, where fruit…..