Events

Help create and maintain a beautiful, water-conserving garden that demonstrates healthy garden practices using water recycling, mulch, drought-tolerant and native plantings, and no pesticides. Garden work parties may prepare beds, mulch, chip, weed,

Propagation is one of the first techniques to learn as you explore your love for succulent water-conserving plants. Whether you want to use your plants in crafts and décor or just have an abundant collection in your garden, we will teach you the most

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.

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

The Ruth Bancroft Garden Summer Plant Sale with 30% on retail prices for selected plants. Featured succulents include Agaves, Aloes, and Echeverias, including gems propagated from the Garden’s plants, some dating back to Ruth’s original collection. T

Sustainable Lafayette's summer film series continues in July with a screening of "Trashed" on Thursday, July 18th at 6:30pm at the Lafayette Library.  Hosted by Jeremy Irons, "Trashed" is a provocative investigation of the American waste stream, fast

If you, or someone you know, is interested in making sure that unused medications are properly disposed and not misused or dumped; please join us at the Contra Costa Safe Medications Disposal Forum on July 18 at 6 pm at JFK University in Pleasant Hil

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.

Imagine living in a beautiful neighborhood just a short walk from BART and great downtown shops and restaurants—together we can make this a reality for more Walnut Creek residents!

Over the past months, city staff has been gathering community input o

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 you are replacing your lawn with a drought-tolerant landscape or creating a stunning arrangement in a bed, learn how to landscape with fashionable succulents at this lecture. Discover how to utilize these plants to the best of their potentia

Grab your Oakland Grown Card and join us Saturday afternoon June 29th for our second Card Crawl... a fun afternoon of shopping, exploring, eating and drinking in the Downtown and Uptown Shopping District! We'll check out fabulous gift shops, discover

Do you have some unwelcome visitors in your garden? Find out how to control ants, mice, gophers, moles, and yellow jackets, and put those pests to rest.

We will cover design, selection and planting of our best grass and grass like plants. We will demonstrate how to build a large container and review maintenance and feeding schedules.

The first film in Sustainable Lafayette's summer film series!  Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, the film is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. It examines our human relationship with soil, the use and mi

Hosted by

Sustainable Business Alliance / Oakland Grown

with

One PacificCoast Bank and East Bay Express

Together we'll learn, meet, greet, and eat together to build each other's businesses and strengthen our economic eco-system - from artisans, producer

event site: 

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Myth Lab - Tree of Life Mural

June 24 – 30, 2013

The “Tree of Life” mural is one of many urban art pieces that grace highway support beams in Chicano Park, San Diego, CA. To create a new myth around the

The Agroecology of Urban Farming

Intensive Short Course

"Around 15% of the world's food is now grown in urban areas."

USDA, 2013

Registration required by May 20, 2013.

Click here for full details

Learn how to turn these often avoided areas of your garden into a showplace using colors and textures.

Learn how to achieve an organic garden by using natural products. We will discuss fertilizers and pest, fungus and weed controls.