Events

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Martinez to Host Free Workshop - Water Conservation 101

Saturday, July 12, 2014, 10 a.m. to Noon at Martinez City Hall, 525 Henrietta Street

The rains have gone, summer has arrived, and the great California drought is here.  In respon

Grow in containers; from ornamental to produce, we’ll teach you how to select the right container, the right soil mixture and how to maintain them for maximum flowering or harvest.

Mt. Diablo Recycling Summer Camp includes a tour of their 90,000-square-foot recycling facility and recycling trucks, recycling games, an interactive activity about the 5 R's (Reduce-Reuse-Recycling-Respect-Recover), and a take home craft. Contact Ad

Upper Sand Creek Basin 

Wetland Restoration Project Work Day

W h e n :

July 2nd

8:00 a.m. to Noon

L o c a t i o n :

6600 Deer Valley Road, Antioch, CA

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 W h o :

EVERYONE Welcome!!

Join us for a community service day at the Upper Sand Creek Basin, $10

Food for thought: You don’t have to live in Florida to grow sweet, nutritious citrus, including Meyer lemons, oranges, grapefruit, and more. Find out which varieties are best suited to the area where you live, plus learn how to keep your citrus pest-

Join Volunteers for Outdoor California, in partnership with the City of Walnut Creek Open Space Division, for trail improvement work and camaraderie at the Shell Ridge Open Space.  Volunteers may participate for a day or the weekend, with optional ca

Come join like-minded green friends for an unofficial "Green Drinks" at the Creek Monkey in Martinez. Please RSVP to Anne Baker, 671-5806 or abaker@republicservices.com

Please join us in promoting increased awareness and understanding of cooperatives, and their local and national impacts during Co-op Day at the Capitol, June 25, 2014.

California cooperatives create employment, bring food to our tables, and provide es

Sustainable Lafayette is pleased to host our fourth annual Summer Film Series.  The first film - "Unacceptable Levels" is about chemicals in our bodies and how they got there.   The film examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s th

Come see how beautiful a drought tolerant garden can be. We’ll show you drought tolerant options from groundcovers to trees to succulents and California natives. Our resident experts will also teach you techniques and tricks to make your existing gar

Whether in the ground or in containers, we’ll show you how to grow these wonderful plants successfully.

All of Pittsburg is invited to come to Small World Park to enjoy the day with lively entertainment, eco-friendly fun, and great community groups!

Come enjoy the day with lively entertainment, eco-friendly fun, and great community groups!

Environmental

The remote Cascade Mountain wilderness of Northern California is a sight to behold. Recent volcanism has left behind an eerie expanse of rugged terrain dominated by cinder cones, dormant volcanic peaks, and lava flows, all of which give the area a un

Learn how to prune roses after the first flush of flowers has faded. This summer rose class covers pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease and pest control.

Learn how to prune roses after the first flush of flowers has faded. This summer rose class covers pruning, watering, fertilizing, disease and pest control.

Interested in learning how honey gets from hive to jar? In this hands-on class, participants will uncap frames of honeycomb and hand spin them in an extractor to expel the honey. The instructor will explain and show a video of how she removed the fra

The Global Student Embassy (GSE) Spring Event  is coming soon!  GSE runs Eco-Action programs that provide  hands-on learning opportunities during environmental science classes as well as after school programs.  GSE works at all four schools in the Ac

weeding, clearing brush, amending soil for planting.

planting starts

finishing a hugelkultur bed

This class will teach you how to follow up on your winter pruning and also to prune for less reactive growth then you might get from winter pruning. This class will be taught in a large Berkeley garden with over 20 different fruit trees to practice o

The California Hotel is getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth and People's Grocery is hosting a volunteer work day in order look our best for the event! On Saturday, May 31st starting at 10am until 3pm we will be doing some general cleaning, weeding,