Unique Facts About Ukiah

Surrounded by more than 20 organic wineries and acres of Biodynamic vineyards

Home of the first certified organic brew pub in the United States, Ukiah Brewing Company

Seat of the first county in America to ban the use of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) in agriculture

Site of the sale of the first retail solar voltaic panel in the U.S. from the store that became Real Goods

One of the few courses where you can see spawning steelhead and grazing wild turkeys while you play golf

Home of the first Carbon Neutral winery in the U.S., Mendocino Wine Company

Ukiah spelled backwards is haiku

Former home of the tallest redwood tree in the world, until the top died back and a tree in Humboldt County took over the title

Home to one of the Americas' first museums dedicated to the work of a female artist, Ukiah native painter Grace Hudson

Home of the two-time Little Caesar's Pizza national Sign Dancing champion

One of the international sites selected to be featured in the documentary film of The Vagina Monologues

Home of Vichy Springs, the only warm and carbonated mineral baths in North America

Home to the World's Largest Redwood Tree Service Station, now an Art Gallery

Home of the first Girls & Boys Buddhist High Schools in the nation, Developing Virtue and Instilling Goodness Schools at the City of 10,000 Buddhas

The first American wine region to have its vintners set blending and aging parameters for a wine distinctive to their region, producing Coro Mendocino wines that are at least 40% Zinfandel