After months of planning, urban farmers Veggielution unveil their new downtown demonstration garden at Pocket Park this Sunday. There, visitors can find a variety of artfully arranged planter beds growing crops well-suited to the Valley, and learn how to grow their own at home. To help ring in the occasion, they’re throwing a gourmet dinner sourced with ingredients from the garden, all cooked by chefs Jessica Carreira and David Costa of the Michelin-starred Adega. In addition to the upper-crust meal, there’s local beer and wine, appetizers, live music and an art crawl through the nearby galleries.
fEAST on First
Sun, 4:30pm, $200
Pocket Park, San Jose

As a prelude to the return of South First Fridays, SoFA art museums the Institute of Contemporary Art, Movimento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles are throwing a block party to celebrate their reopening with food, musical performances and plenty of art to experience. The museums are also celebrating a new neighbor, as community gardeners Veggielution set up shop on South First, giving the whole event a garden theme. Those looking to get their hands in mother earth or their eyes on some of the community’s visual marvels, shouldn’t miss it.
South 1st Block Party
Sat, 4pm, Free
Parque de los Pobladores, San Jose