Events

Back by popular demand: Join 350 Bay Area for the third annual biking and walking extravaganza around the Bay Area to center and embody climate action!

Each event will feature inspiring speakers, climate points of interest along the way, a delicious

Members receive 30% off when they shop the ENTIRE nursery from May 2nd to the 7th. Check out our sale preview here:  https://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/event/members-only-sale/ 

Please Note: Consignment items and memberships are not a part of this sa

Volunteers needed to help harvest LOTS of citrus in Concord.   Click on the link below the picture to learn more and to sign up.   

http://https://www.eventbrite.com/e/contra-costa-fruit-rescue-concord-area-tickets-625786733967

After two years away during Covid, the Chamber of Commerce is bringing back this family-friendly event! The Faire typically attracts over 2,500 visitors and showcases live music and performances, a beautiful car show, robust Kid’s Zone with games and

The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Contra Costa Water District and East Bay Municipal Utility District have partnered to offer you the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of 16 gardens in Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Moraga and Lafayette that showcase the

This webinar is produced by CCWD. During this webinar, Water Efficiency Specialist Bob Eagle, will show you how to remove your lawn DIY style. The webinar will focus on how to get rid of your lawn utilizing a method called Sheet Mulching. Sheet Mulch

Our First Annual Earth Day Festival!

Local Interfaith, civic, school, and community partners gather to energize living responsibly with our sacred planet!

Enjoy Stories of Hope, art, music, learning, eco-kids activities, Labyrinth Walks, Earthy celeb

Please join Mount Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church Revs. Leslie, Rodney, and Kate Lenhardt as we take time to share a meal and discuss the important movie, "The Ants and the Grasshopper." This documentary, ten years in the making, weaves together

Lafayette Earth Day Festival: 

Every year Sustainable Lafayette partners with the City of Lafayette, Chamber of Commerce and local businesses to host the annual festival, free to the public. This year's event will feature booths, a petting zoo, free

Free Garden Tour, Exhibits, Talks, Fun for Everyone! 

Learn About, How to—

• Provide for pollinators
• Supply wildlife habitat
• Use Drought-tolerant and Native Plants
• Compost, Improve Soil
• Test Water Quality
• Sustain your community
• Healthy gardening

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Fun activities for the whole family. Featuring:

• Useful information from climate justice exhibitors
• Live music, poetry, dancers & speakers
• Kid's Eco Art Zone

Information and schedule HERE

Celebrating John Muir’s 185th birthday, the 53rd Anniversary of Earth Day and the National Park Service Centennial, plus the 68th Anniversary of the John Muir Association

View Conservation Award Recipients
and Achievements

Admission and parking are

The Expo is back! We'll have plants, art, music, food. Join us for this most popular festival

• Live music by the McChan Experience

• Special Guest Lecturer Doc Hale

• Local artisans, handcrafted items

Details HERE, or write to info@rodgersranch.org

The on-line Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase will take place on the week-end of April 16 and 17 from 10:00-3:00. This event will be kicked off on April 16 with a keynote presentation by the inspirational, best-se

In this fine arts approach to watercolor basics with Wendy Soneson, you’ll learn about proper materials, brush and paper uses, and color mixing. We’ll learn about right brain drawing and how to compose a painting of some of the beautiful and unique p

Join us for a celebration of pollinators and friends at the Ruth Bancroft Garden!  Learn what you can do to protect them and their habitat in your own garden and beyond. This drop-in community day will feature other educational organizations, unique

Join this participatory panel discussion with experts facilitating local actions to collectively address our climate crisis. The forum is an unprecedented collaboration among local community organizers and sector leaders seeking to address the growin

Learn to compost with worms! This is a very hands-on workshop for the entire family! You will build your bin, take it home with your worms and knowledge, and start composting right away! All supplies and worms included. Composting with worms is a com

Lamorinda- are you ready for some friendly competition? Learn how to reduce your waste at our kickoff event for the Lamorinda Zero Waste Challenge.

Who will be the winning city: Lafayette, Moraga or Orinda? Come find out how to play.

Also, learn how