Jack's Solar Garden + Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center

10/19/2026

🎃🍬 Looking for Halloween fun with the family this weekend?

Join us for Pumpkins & Panels, a one-of-a-kind trick-or-treat adventure under the solar panels at Jack's Solar Garden in Longmont!

👻 Trick-or-treating with local organizations
🎃 Games, crafts & hands-on activities
🍬 Candy, treats & goodies
🏆 Costume parade & fall photo opportunities
☀️ Explore the solar garden!

📅 Saturday, October 24 | 12–3 PM
📍 Jack's Solar Garden | Longmont, CO

Come in costume, bring a picnic, and enjoy an afternoon of family-friendly fall fun!

🎟️ Get your tickets today!

Trick or Treating Under the Panels at Jack's Solar Garden

10/09/2026

Join us for a unique trick or treat adventure at Jack’s Solar Garden on Saturday, October 24 from 12–3 PM for Pumpkins & Panels, a Halloween adventure under the solar panels!

Families will make their way through the solar garden, visiting activity stations hosted by local organizations and community partners. Kids can collect candy and other goodies along the way while enjoying games, crafts, costumes, nature activities, and more.

👻 Come in costume
🍬 Trick-or-treat under the panels
🎃 Play games & make fall crafts
🌱 Explore the solar garden
🧺 Bring a picnic and stay awhile

Latte’Da will have drinks and bites for sale!
Family-friendly | Costumes encouraged
Vulture Collective will be giving away costumes at their table while supplies last!

Get your tickets here >>> https://givebutter.com/Pumpkins-and-Panles-2026

08/12/2026

🌱 What does it take to bring an agrivoltaic project to life?
Join us for our next webinar and hear directly from organizations funded through the Colorado Department of Agriculture's Agrivoltaics Grant Program.

Featuring panelists Dr. Matt Sturchio, Horst Caspari, and Jack Donovan!

They'll share:
☀️ Their projects
🌾 What they learned
💬 Challenges they overcame
🌎 Ideas that can help shape the future of agrivoltaics in Colorado
📅 Thursday, August 20
🕐 1:00 PM MT

Register today >>> https://www.coagrivoltaic.org/upcoming-events

07/31/2026

🎥 Learn About Agrivoltaics Anytime with CALC's YouTube Channel! 🌱☀️

Whether you're a farmer, solar developer, educator, student, policymaker, or simply curious about the future of agriculture and clean energy, our YouTube channel is growing with free resources designed to help you explore the world of agrivoltaics.

📺 Watch:
✅ Recorded webinars featuring experts from across the industry
✅ A virtual tour of Jack’s Solar Garden >>> Great in VR!
🆕 Our first recorded Lunch & Learn featuring Foothills Flax, one of CALC's Solar Array Lands Supporting Agribusiness (SALSA) participants, sharing how agriculture can thrive within existing solar arrays.

Every video is part of our mission to educate and inspire better land stewardship by demonstrating how clean energy generation and agriculture can work together.
Subscribe today and never miss new webinars, Lunch & Learns, and other interesting content!

🔗 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/

07/21/2026

Join the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center for the next installment of our Agrivoltaics in Colorado webinar series as we highlight projects funded through the Colorado Department of Agriculture's Agrivoltaics Grant Program.

This webinar features grantees from across Colorado who are putting agrivoltaics into practice in unique ways. Presenters will share their projects, discuss lessons learned during implementation, highlight successes and challenges, and offer insights that can help inform future agrivoltaic efforts across the state.

Whether you're a farmer or rancher, solar developer, researcher, policymaker, educator, student, or simply interested in innovative land stewardship, this webinar offers an opportunity to learn directly from organizations advancing agrivoltaics in Colorado.

Register here >>> https://givebutter.com/Agrivoltaics-Webinar-July_23rd
Exploring the intersection of agriculture, renewable energy, and land stewardship through education, collaboration, and real-world experience.
Presenters: (To Be Announced)

07/03/2026

🐝 Fun fact: Pollinators are responsible for about 1 in every 3 bites of food you eat!

This July 11th, we're throwing them a party and YOU'RE invited! 🎉

Pollinator Palooza at Jack's Solar Garden is a FREE, family-friendly morning of bugtivities, pollinator displays, crafts, and all-ages fun. There's no better place to celebrate pollinators than a working agrivoltaic farm where they already thrive! 🌱☀️

📅 July 11, 2026 🕘 9:00am – 12:00pm

Free to attend. Registration encouraged. Bring the whole crew! 🌿

Get your tickets here >>> https://givebutter.com/Pollinator-Palooza-2026

06/26/2026

🌻 Something buzzy is coming to Longmont! 🐝

The Second Annual Pollinator Palooza is happening at Jack's Solar Garden on Saturday, July 11th from 9am–12pm and it's totally FREE! 🎉

Join the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center for a morning full of hands-on bugtivities, live pollinator displays, crafts, games, and educational fun for the whole family. Bees, butterflies, beetles oh my! 🦋🪲

Come celebrate the tiny heroes that keep our world growing - right under the solar panels that pollinators already call home! 🌼☀️

Registration is free and encouraged >>> https://givebutter.com/Pollinator-Palooza-2026

05/16/2026

What if solar energy could help keep farms alive?

Join us May 27 at the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale for a screening of Save the Farm, Save the Future — an award-winning documentary exploring agrivoltaics, where farming and solar energy work together on the same land.

The evening includes a live panel discussion following the film.

🏆 Winner of “Best in Fest” at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival
📺 Featured on 80+ PBS stations nationwide

Thank you Sunsense Solar for supporting this event!

🎟 Tickets: https://givebutter.com/save-the-farm-save-the-future-in-Carbondale-bdwgle
🎬 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRg68g4YnsE

05/13/2026

🌿🎶 It's picnic season at Jack's Solar Garden! Celebrate the 2026 season with live bluegrass by the Charlie Stevens Band, lawn games, a guided tour, and local sips under the solar array. Bring your blanket, bring your instrument, and bring the whole family. Tickets just $5 - kids get in free! 📅 Saturday, May 30 | 3-7 PM 🎟️ https://givebutter.com/SeasonOpener-BluegrassPicnic

05/06/2026

Discover how agrivoltaics is transforming education 🌞🌱

Join us on May 26 at 1 PM for Agrivoltaics in Education, a webinar exploring how solar and agriculture can come together as powerful teaching tools.

Agrivoltaics Educator Emma Miller will share real-world examples and perspectives on using these systems to support STEM learning and engage students in sustainability, food systems, and clean energy.

🔗 Register: https://givebutter.com/May-26th-Webinar