Events

Learn how to preserve the bounty of summer in this beginner’s class on fruit jam and pickles.  Demonstration of the hot-pack method of fruit jam prepared without a canning kettle will take the mystery out of home-made jams. Students will learn how ea

re you the parent of a fun, inquisitive nature-lover looking for a unique and educational morning activity to do with your kids? The Gardens at Heather Farm is offering for a new enrichment experience for parents and children ages 2 through 5 called

As the harvest season draws to a close, we celebrate the bounty of another growing season.  But one of the many benefits of our climate is being able to garden year-round!! Fall/Winter is still a great time to grow edibles and improve your landscape.

Create Garden Themed greeting cards. You will receive a class kit to make: one 3-D card and one pull-up card. Supplies to make another of each card at home, 4 envelopes and templates for the 3-D card and envelope. Please bring to class: a glue stick

Join us for the last of these very popular classes that teach you a simple solution to use less water in your landscape.  In this class, you will get hands-on experience about how to convert an existing sprinkler system to super water-efficient drip.

California Coastal Cleanup Day is a state-wide event on September 19 where volunteers work together to remove trash from California's beaches and waterways. Join SPAWNERS as we celebrate Coastal Cleanup Day one week early, on September 12. We'll be c

Culinary Salts and Infused Olive Oils Workshop with Hollie Lucas-Alcalay

Looking for that simple, tasty, homemade holiday gift for your family and friends? Hollie rejoins us with her secrets to make award winning culinary salt blends and herb infused

You are warmly invited to join us at:

Plate & Vine Restaurant at the Hilton Concord for our September Wine Maker's Dinner!

What exactly is a "Wine Maker's Dinner"?

It is an amazing culinary experience!  A Wine Maker's dinner is an event that showcase

Hello Everyone,

Please join us for our August Crop Swap

We will be trading seeds, veggies, ideas, fruit, nuts, plants, recipes, home canned goods, eggs, honey among other things. No money will be exchanging hands and as always you don't have to bring a

Join fellow gardeners at PHIG who are developing a water conservation demonstration garden  in a beautiful setting using no pesticides and planting mostly natives and drought tolerant plants for this wildlife habitat that is also a site restoration.

Benicia Community Gardens (BCG) is offering an immediate opportunity to convert your lawn to permaculture food forest and to install a laundry-to-landscape greywater system that will feed all the trees and bushes in your new garden!

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Thinking about installing solar but don’t know where to start or think it’s just too expensive? East Bay SunShares is here to help!

The City of Walnut Creek has partnered with neighboring communities throughout the East Bay and local nonprofit Vote

Herbs have been around since the beginning of time and were our first food and medicine. Attempts have been made to ban their use and create fear about their effectiveness, but they have withstood the test of time and are now becoming a popular alter

Discover how state of the art technology can turn the kitchen of today into the kitchen of tomorrow by optimizing efficiency, functionality and performance while reducing the overall footprint. Tomorrow’s kitchen will take advantage of new technical

Exceptional Plants for Hot Sites

Join Susan Handjian, horticulturist and co-author of EBMUD’s Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates to learn about the many glorious plants that not only endure but thrive in hot, dry climates. We’ll discuss how

Join fellow gardeners to help us maintain this water conservation demonstration garden which uses no pesticides since it is a wildlife habitat and includes mostly native plants and other drought tolerant plants. We are preparing the garden for fall e

Join us to learn a simple solution to use less water in your landscape.  In this class, you will get hands-on experience about how to convert an existing sprinkler system to super water-efficient drip.  All the basic parts of the system will be demon

Refrigeration is one of the largest energy users for food service establishments. Smart Refrigeration can encompass energy efficient component design, advanced thermostatic control strategies and smart maintenance practices.  With new low GWP refrige