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GARDEN VOLUNTEERS Needed
Master Gardener Winter Library Series & Workshops
UC Master Gardener Help Desk, ucanr.edu/sites/scmg/
Dec 1 ~ Building a (Mostly) Native Habitat Garden - Guerneville By building a mostly native habitat garden your landscape can be environmentally sound & water-wise. Free, 10:30 AM - 12:30p, Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville
Dec 1 ~ Rain Water Conservation - Healdsburg - A Beautiful Way to Save Water in the Garden. Free, 10:30 AM - 12:30p, Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper Street, Healdsburg
Dec 1 ~ Composting Workshop - Learn how to turn yard waste and kitchen scraps into wonderfully rich compost to use as a soil amendment or mulch in your garden. • Discover the basics of composting and worm composting. • Find a composting system that’s right for you. T10:30 a - 1p, The Permaculture Skills Center, 2185 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, California 95472
Laguna Environmental Center volunteers workday
Dec 7 ~ Share your passion for pollinators by helping our native plant garden thrive! Activities include planting, weeding, spreading wood chips, and general site cleanup. The native plant landscape includes wildflowers, grasses, sedges, trees, forbes and herbaceous plants. No experience necessary, just a willingness to learn about native plants. Training and tools will be provided, plus abundant and hearty snacks! Wear clothes and shoes that can get dirty. RSVP only if you are planning on bringing a group of 5 or more. Only heavy rain cancels. FREE, 9-12p, Laguna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Rd., Santa Rosa, 707-527- 9277, Maggie Hart, lagunafoundation.org, maggiehart@lagunafoundation.org
Ongoing:
Landscape Design Templates - There are eight landscape design templates, showcasing four different design styles. In addition, there are two plant substitution lists to help customize your new landscape. Download templates at: savingwaterpartnership. org/landscape-design-templates
Pick Your Own Garden Produce - Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue Garden Club. Community Supported Agriculture program. $20 per month or $200 per year, you are entitled to come weekly and pick a bag of the freshest vegetables from our Wildlife Education Garden. The funding from this CSA goes directly to our Predator Prevention and Educational Barnyard Program. Wildlife Rescue, 403 Mecham Rd, Petaluma, 707-992-0274, scwildliferescue.org/garden-club.html
Dec 5, Dec 12 ~ Garden Volunteer Day - Sink your hands into the beautiful, rich soil and learn from the diversity of plant life in our 40-year-old Mother Garden. You can come for part or all of the day. Volunteer lunch: Our chefs create an organic, vegetarian meal harvested from our gardens at 12:30p. What to bring: hat, sunscreen, extra layers or rain gear depending on season, sturdy shoes and water bottle. Please Note: we cannot accommodate a group of 6 people or more without prior arrangement. Children are welcome but must be able to participate in adult work. Please supervise your child at all times. Just show up! 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874-1557, Doug Goslin, oaec.org
Dec 15 ~ Bayer Farm Workday - Giving back to the garden - working with our community to feed ourselves. 9am - 12 noon FREE, Bayer Neighborhood Park and Garden, 1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa, 707-703-3321, Jonathan Bravo, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=866, jbravo@ landpaths.org
Larkfield Community Garden Work Day ~ Lend a helping hand at the garden on the third Saturday of every month! Our volunteer workdays for the entire family are a fun and healthy way to make new friends while learning how to tend the soil, grow local food and participate in environmental stewardship. Bring a hat, sturdy shoes and a water bottle. Snacks and work gloves provided. FREE, $7 Parking, Maddux Ranch Regional Park, 4655 Lavell Rd., Santa Rosa, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/Play/Calendar/, ProgramDirector@communitysoil.org
Ongoing ~ Sonoma Garden Park. We are also looking for our Chicken Team: letting our chickens out in the morning, feeding and filling water stations, collecting eggs, cleaning the coop. Flower Team: maintain our cutting garden and insectaries sowing seeds, record-keeping, transplanting, preparing fields, deadheading, mulching, and weeding. Native Plant Nursery: propagating native plants and grasses. Tree Pruning: the majority of these tasks occur during December and January. Drop-in volunteers are welcome (all new volunteers are required to attend a Volunteer Orientation before dropping-in). Heavy rain will cancel. Volunteer, Drop-In Hours - Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 9-1p, Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th St. E., Sonoma, 707-996-0712, sonomagardenpark.org
Gardeners at Bayer Neighborhood Park and Garden
Plant Sales for Good Causes
Dec 1 ~ Willowside School Nursery Fall Plant Sales - Thousands of plants: a variety of low water and drought tolerant perennials, California natives...$4 for 1 gallon containers, Willowside School Nursery, 5299 Hall Road, Corner of Willowside and Hall Rd, Santa Rosa
Every Wed ~ Luther Burbank Experiment Farm - 9-12p, 7781 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, 707-481-3488,
-Some plants are direct-descendants of the Vallejo era. Offerings include various succulents, deer-resistant, and drought-tolerant plants. Suggested donations of $1- $7 go toward the new Landscape Plan for the Vallejo Home. Mon-Sun, 10-5p, Vallejo Home, 363 3rd St. West, Sonoma, 707-938-9558, Lynn Luzzi
Daily Acts 707-789-9664, dailyacts.org
Dec 13, 19 & 28 Join us for our monthly volunteer days to give our model sites some love! Our water-wise demonstration gardens and food forests in Petaluma, Sebastopol, Windsor, and Cotati can only do their job of inspiring change when they are well maintained. These intimate programs offer the chance to get to know neighbors and staff more closely, learn the hidden secrets of each garden, and soak up the seasons. We’ll get our hands in the soil with easy garden maintenance like weeding, mulching, deadheading and planting. We’ll also present a plant of the month to satisfy your educational yearnings! We hope you will come grow the community around these special gardens, a few hours at a time. 2nd Thur ~ 10-12p, Cavanagh Community Food Forest, Corner of 8th and G St., Petaluma, liz@dailyacts.org 4th Fri ~ 10-12p, Pocket Park Food Forest, Intersection of LaSalle and Loretto, Cotati, dustin@dailyacts.org 3rd Wed ~ 10-12p, City Hall and Library Landscape, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, liz@dailyacts.org Aug 4 ~ 10-1p, Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma INFO and to REGISTER dailyacts.org, 707-789-9664, dailyacts.org/volunteer
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Ongoing ~ Vallejo Home Plant Sale