Transitions: Exploring Life Cycles

El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve 16040 CA-35, Redwood City

Explore transitions in nature’s life cycles with Docent Naturalists Catherine Crawford-Swent, Marie Faust Evitt, and Nancy Weintraub. Hiking (appr. 5 miles)  through the forest you’ll encounter ferns, wildflowers, Douglas fir, and redwood trees along Sierra Morena, Oljon, Steam Donkey, Manzanita, … Read more

Nature Journal Studio: In the Garden

Coyote Hills Regional Park 8000 Patterson Ranch Rd, Fremont, CA, United States

Explore the Nectar Garden by tracking your adventures and observations through nature journaling! You will make a nature journal and record the sights and sounds of the garden through drawings and paintings. Drawing supplies are provided or bring your own! … Read more

Juneteenth Celebration: Monthly Herbals with Camille

Contra Costa County Library, Hercules 109 Civic Drive Hercules, Hercules, CA, United States

Join Herbalist Camille-Lillian for a discussion on the herb of the month! Participants will leave feeling more familiar with this month’s herb and ready to incorporate it into their daily routine. For June 2023, this program is part of a … Read more

Free

Webinar: Good Bug / Bad Bug

Online

Our yards, gardens, orchards, forests and open spaces are teeming with small insects whose very presence is essential to the healthy ecosystem we call home. Many, if not most, people consider the insects in their local environment to be pests … Read more

Free

Summer Succulent Swap Meet

Contra Costa County Library, Pleasant Hill 109 Civic Drive, Hercules, CA, United States

Celebrate Summer at the Hercules Library by joining us for a succulent swap meet! Bring in cuttings from your own succulent garden to trade with fellow gardeners. Don't have any succulents of your own? We have cuttings you can take … Read more

Free

Planting for Pollinators

Contra Costa County Library, Clayton 6125 Clayton Road, Clayton, CA, United States

It's easy to invite bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other welcomed winged visitors into the garden. Just provide the food, water, and shelter they need to feel at home. This is called habitat gardening, and it's a satisfying way to choose … Read more

Free

Sick Plant Clinic

The Garden’s monthly Sick Plant Clinic is here to help! Bring plant samples to the clinic to find out which diseases or pests are afflicting your plants. Entomologists and plant pathologists will diagnose and suggest effective and environmentally sensitive remedies. … Read more

Free

Volunteer Day and Tomatoes-Peppers Workshop

Richmond Richmond, CA, United States

Come out, volunteer, and show some love for the Greenway Community Garden. Rebuild your connection with the land and get to know your fellow community members. No garden experience is needed! Join a fun and informative tomato and pepper growing … Read more

Free

University of California Master Gardener Talk: Seasonal Vegetable Gardening

Contra Costa County Library, Pleasant Hill 109 Civic Drive, Hercules, CA, United States

Join this presentation that will offer skills and tips that will save you time and effort in getting the ground ready for a productive season, how to protect and maintain your beds in-season, and what to do at the end … Read more

Free

Let’s Get Growing Herbs!

Online

Learn all about successfully growing herbs year-round and the many creative uses beyond an ingredient on your dinner plate! You will learn how to select, care for, harvest, store, preserve, and use these amazing edibles. Presenter Andrea Salzman has been … Read more

Free

University of California Master Gardener Program: Firewise Landscaping

Dougherty Station Library 7017 Bollinger Canyon Road, San Ramon, CA, United States

Learn how to create a fire-ready defensible space that is also great wildlife habitat, has beautiful landscaping, and conserves water with UC Master Gardeners Steve Danziger and Hedwig Van Den Broek. Please register for this event.

Free

Volunteer Day and Tomatoes-Peppers Workshop

Richmond Richmond, CA, United States

Come out, volunteer, and show some love for the Greenway Community Garden. Rebuild your connection with the land and get to know your fellow community members. No garden experience is needed! Join a fun and informative tomato and pepper growing … Read more

Free

Find the Photo: A Lecture with Saxon Holt

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens 18220 N Highway 1, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (MCBG) is hosting a lecture and Q&A with renowned landscape and garden photographer, Saxon Holt. Learn how to look at a beautiful garden - as the MCBG - and decide what to photograph and how … Read more

$20 – $30

Excelsior: Community Tree Care Day 1

TBA CA, United States

Help care for young street trees to make sure they grow up healthy, strong, and beautiful. You'll learn how Friends of the Urban Forest staff cares for street trees through careful pruning, hardware maintenance, and health inspections. Then, practice your … Read more

Free

Excelsior: Community Tree Care Day 4

TBA CA, United States

Help care for young street trees to make sure they grow up healthy, strong, and beautiful. You'll learn how Friends of the Urban Forest staff cares for street trees through careful pruning, hardware maintenance, and health inspections. Then, practice your … Read more

Free

Volunteer Day and Tomatoes-Peppers Workshop

Richmond Richmond, CA, United States

Come out, volunteer, and show some love for the Greenway Community Garden. Rebuild your connection with the land and get to know your fellow community members. No garden experience is needed! Join a fun and informative tomato and pepper growing … Read more

Free

Excelsior: Community Tree Care Day 2

TBA CA, United States

Help care for young street trees to make sure they grow up healthy, strong, and beautiful. You'll learn how Friends of the Urban Forest staff cares for street trees through careful pruning, hardware maintenance, and health inspections. Then, practice your … Read more

Free

Excelsior: Community Tree Care Day 3

TBA CA, United States

Help care for young street trees to make sure they grow up healthy, strong, and beautiful. You'll learn how Friends of the Urban Forest staff cares for street trees through careful pruning, hardware maintenance, and health inspections. Then, practice your … Read more

Free

Native Plant Extravaganzas 2023: In-person

Varioud East Bay Locations , United States

Save water, lower maintenance, invite birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden, support local ecology, and reflect the natural splendor for which California is known by gardening with California native plants. Shop in-person in Berkeley: Oaktown Native Plant Nursery Oakland: … Read more

Free

Native Plant Extravaganzas 2023: Virtual

San Francisco Bay Area CA, United States

Save water, lower maintenance, invite birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden, support local ecology, and reflect the natural splendor for which California is known by gardening with California native plants. Shop online from Green Thumb Works. Click here to … Read more

Free

Rain Tanks, Rain Gardens and Groundwater Recharge

Online

Water is Life With each season it become more and more obvious that our climate is rapidly changing. The need to conserve and protect resources is increasingly necessary and can have a multitude of benefits, especially when an entire community … Read more

Free

Volunteer Day and Tomatoes-Peppers Workshop

Richmond Richmond, CA, United States

Come out, volunteer, and show some love for the Greenway Community Garden. Rebuild your connection with the land and get to know your fellow community members. No garden experience is needed! Join a fun and informative tomato and pepper growing … Read more

Free

Volunteer Day and Tomatoes-Peppers Workshop

Richmond Richmond, CA, United States

Come out, volunteer, and show some love for the Greenway Community Garden. Rebuild your connection with the land and get to know your fellow community members. No garden experience is needed! Join a fun and informative tomato and pepper growing … Read more

Woodland Canyon Creek Restoration Work Day

UCSF Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve SF, CA, United States

Come join us on San Francisco's Mount Sutro for a morning in habitat restoration activities and help us uncover Woodland Canyon Creek!