2025 Albuquerque Tomato Fiesta

Sunday August 24
11 am – 3 pm

About Tomato Fiesta

Admission $5, kids under 12 are free

Held at the Albuquerque Garden Center
10120 Lomas Blvd.
Inside Los Altos Park

Come celebrate the tomato harvest with Albuquerque Area Extension Master Gardeners and enjoy the following:

Tomato Tasting
Tomato Recipe Tasting with samples from our latest cookbook
Seminars for Growing and Preserving Tomatoes
Kid’s Activities Live Music – you’ll love it
Merchandise – Tomato Recipe Cookbooks, tomato knives, Tomato Fiesta T-shirts
Homegrown Produce from Master Gardeners and Vendors
Garden-related Craft Vendors


Have lunch and enjoy some our tomato favorites at our dine- in cafe. Our menu includes:

Event Schedule​

Free lectures – seminars are held in Grace’s Room

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12:00 PM​

Tomato Successes and Flops

Speaker: Marisa Thompson

1:30 PM​

Preserving the Harvest

Speaker: Sandy Gomez

Meet the Speakers​

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Marisa Thompson​

Urban Horticulture Specialist

Sandy Gomez

Local Master Gardener and Preserver

Tastings​

Tomato Tastings: you will be able to taste a variety of tomatoes, any size and color grown/donated this year. Then you get to vote for your favorite. Past tomato taste winners include Sun Gold, Cherokee Purple, Black Cherry, Early Girl, Celebrity, Yellow Pear, and Paul Robeson.

Recipe Tastings: you can sample some of the recipes from our 12th edition Tomato Fiesta Cookbook. The edition contains new recipes with lots of ways to use tomatoes. TF Cookbook 12th Ed TOC

Our Sponsors​

Our friends that help make Tomato Fiesta possible. Please support these businesses.