Photo credit: Baltimore Sun/Karl Merton Ferron 

Saturday, all day, Homestead Gardens, Tomato Festival. There will be music, food, wine sampling, vintage cars, tomato sampling, a tomato beauty contest and a salsa contest. Tickets $30 at the door and a portion of the proceeds goes to funding the flower baskets and containers Homestead donates and maintains in downtown Annapolis. The cost of the ticket includes a BBQ lunch, a non-alcoholic drink and all the sampling you can handle.

Saturday, 9 a.m., Valley View Farms, Indoor Herb Gardening. Learn how to grow your own herbs all year long by starting a windowsill herb garden. Learn about the cultural necessities for growing herbs indoors including light, water, soil and specific herb varieties. 

Saturday, 10 a.m., Valley View Farms, Carrie’s September Gardening Tips. Mums, bulbs and pansies are available now for gardens and containers. Overseed the lawn, protect your garden from deer; these subjects and more will be topics of discussion as fall approaches.