Events

Join The Gardens for their first-ever ONLINE PLANT SALE and order from a wide selection of edible and ornamental specimens from the comfort of your own home. Your completed order will be available for drive-thru pick-up at the GHF parking lot at a sp

Using the guidelines from numerous local resources, Troy McGregor from Gondwana Flora will walk you through how to design a creative, functional and fire-safe garden using plants found at the Ruth Bancroft Garden. Plants, materials, and maintenance w

Do you have a pressure canner but have never used it or are nervous about using it? Would you like to liven up your meals during winter’s dreary days?

UC Master Food Preservers can help.

Learn how and why you should pressure can your vegetables and

Discover, support, and take pride in your rare Oakley Sand Dune! Let’s come together to weed out invasive plants in this experimental plant community.

We’ll supply tools, gloves, sunscreen, and refreshments.

Large groups, please RSVP to 510-544-3050

Have you started keeping bees and are ready to learn more? Or do you just want a more thorough understanding of the ins and outs of backyard beekeeping? Our instructor from the Mt. Diablo Beekeeper's Association will take us through a number of "nex

Join us for a showing of the film, The Human Element

Thanks to a partnership with Earth Vision Institute, Interfaith Power & Light is able to offer us this inspiring film!

In an arresting new documentary from the producers of Racing Extinction and Ch

Spiny Succulents is Jeff Moore’s follow up to Soft Succulents; the spiky yin to the velvety yang.   (Jeff Moore is owner of Solana Succulents, a small retail specialty nursery in Solana Beach.  This book will be his fourth publication.)  Join Jeff fo

Join Brian Kemble, world-renown aloe expert, for a garden walk and learn all about the Garden’s unparalleled collection of aloes, including hybrids not found anywhere else in the world.

$25 members $30 non members

What has super powers, makes your garden grow and glow, is super easy, saves you money … and can be done at your convenience?  COMPOST!  You’ll get your “rot” on at this fun workshop and learn the 6 reasons compost can help not just your garden, but

Have a small front, side or back garden and don’t know what to do? Cricket Riley, Landscape Design Consultant from RBG Nursery, will go over how to create that perfect ‘jewel box’ of a space as well as cover plant suggestions from our Nursery that cr

These events will give practical, everyday knowledge about the carbon footprint of different foods and growing methods. We will have snacks and include eco-spirituality in each of these events and we will share some of the local and state-wide advoca

Fresh fruit off your tree is so much better than what you find in stores! The best time to plant fruit trees and berries is in January and February, when nurseries have the best selection of bare root plants. Master Gardener and fruit tree expert Hel

Want to create a buzz worthy pollinator garden? Think Mason bees live in jars?

Master Gardeners, Liz Whiteford and Kath Cook, will discuss the basics of creating a pollinator habitat in your garden. We’ll take a broad look at the key elements require

Join us for a lovely craft fair, a great free class and some warm community fun before we go into semi-hibernation!

SNACKS*MUSIC*HOT DRINKS will be provided!
Food for sale, onsite DJs and acoustic music will enliven the scene, and some of the most ta

Help shape Pacheco's future! We held the first two Pacheco community meetings as part of Envision Contra Costa 2040 last spring and summer, and community members turned out to discuss opportunities and challenges in Pacheco and review draft guiding p

On November 20, Walnut Creek will be participating with 1000+ other locations around the globe to create the world's largest conversation on climate change: It's called "24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action" and you're invited to join in and share yo

Our FREE 2019 BayREN Home Upgrade Workshop will provide you with information and contacts to make your home more energy efficient with rebates up to $5,500!

Local Participating Contractors, Building Scientists, and Financing Experts will provide you

Did you know that indoor air quality is typically 2-5 times worse than outdoor air quality, and can worsen common illnesses such as allergies and asthma? Find out where pollutants and allergens come from and how you can keep them out of your home. Le