Page 59 - Sonoma County Gazette April 2018

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Apr 15 ~ Tours at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center - 80-acre research, demonstration, education, and advocacy center. FREE; 1-2:30p, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874-1557, oaec.org/events/tours
Daily Acts dailyacts.org
Apr 2 ~ Spring Fling Green Mixer and Fundraiser - Featuring talks from our green leaders. $15, 5:30-8:30p, Lagunitas Brewing, 1280 N McDowell Blvd., Petaluma.
Sat-Sun ~ Festival of Carousel Animals.
Limited time exhibit of Dancing Ostriches, Prancing Horses. 10-4p, Garden Valley Ranch, 498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, 795-0919, gardenvalley.com
May 5 ~ Free Garden Tour Focuses on California Natives and Urban Gardens Water-saving strategies and garden tips from homeowners. 10-4p, Santa Rosa City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, 707-547-1923, Chad Singleton, savingwaterpartnership.org
Apr 3 ~ Farmers Guild Potluck and Groundwater Discussion - Potluck discussion about managing this vital natural resource. FREE, 6p Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Sebastopol Avenue, Hwy 12, Sebastopol, sebastopolgrange.org/
Apr 28 ~ Community Seed Exchange - Seed library of locally grown organic seed. FREE, 9-12p, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol, communityseedexchange.org
Apr 5 ~ Community Engagement Session
Landscape design templates for fire rebuild. FREE, 6-9p, Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Ave., SR
Apr 7 ~ Demystifying Drip Irrigation
FREE, 12-4p, Petaluma Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr. Petaluma.
Apr 11 ~ Drip Irrigation 101 - Robert Kourik, Guest Speaker & Author, Learn how to install or upgrade your system. FREE, 6-7:30p, 216 E. School St., Cotati
Apr 12 ~ Garden Day - Cavanagh Center Food Forest - Give our model landscapes site some consistent love. FREE, 10-12p, 426 8th St., Petaluma.
Apr 18 ~ Garden Day - Sebastopol City Hall & Library Landscape - Help care for our front yard. FREE, 10-12p, Sebastopol City Hall, 7120 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol.
Apr 23 ~ Talk: Re-Imagine Your Yard
Low-water lawn alternatives, FREE 6-8p, Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma
Apr 27 ~ Garden Day - Pocket Park - Give Pocket Park some love. FREE, 10-12p, Pocket Park is at the intersection of LaSalle and Loretto St.s, Cotati.
Master Gardener’s Spring Workshops
Apr 7 ~ Building an Almost Native Garden - Learn to attract native birds, bees and insects. FREE; 10:30-12:30p, Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St.
Apr 7 ~ The Option of Straw Bale Gardening - An alternative for the beginner or disabled gardener. FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr.
Apr 14 ~ The Spring/Summer Food Garden - Transition from our fall/ winter food garden. FREE 10:30- 12:30p; Windsor Community Garden, northwest side of Windsor Town Green, Windsor Rd/Joe Rodota Way
Apr 7 ~ Gardening for Pollinators
Apr 21 ~ Growing Perennial Vegetables and Small Fruits - FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd., Santa Rosa
Apr 28 ~ Lessons Learned from My Garden - Avoiding some common gardener’s mistakes. FREE 10:30- 12:30p Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd.
Apr 28 ~ Supermarket Orchid Survival Class - Learn to keep it thriving. FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Sonoma Valley Library, 755 W. Napa St.
May 5 ~ Gardening for Pollinators Learn to start attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave.
Learn to start attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to yur garden. FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way
Apr 7 ~ Conquering Gophers and Moles
Jim will discuss trapping techniques and the best traps to use. FREE; 10:30- 12:30p; Windsor Community Garden, northwest side of Windsor Town Green, Windsor Rd/Joe Rodota Way
Apr 14 ~ Supermarket Orchid Survival Class - Learn to keep it thriving. FREE; 10:30-12:30p; Cloverdale Regional Library, 410 North Cloverdale Blvd.
Find Master Gardener events at sonomacounty. libcal.com
Apr 21 ~ Dahlia Care and Culture
Grow dahlias for beds, & borders FREE 10:30-12:30p; Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr.
The Russian River Rose Company
1685 Magnolia Drive, Healdsburg, 707-433-7455, russian-river-rose.com
Apr 7, 8 ~ How to Have a Happy Rose Garden - Tips on caring for your roses. $4, 10a, 2p
Apr 14, 15 ~ Glorious Irises of Spring - Enjoy 120 varieties of these beauties in full splendor. $4, 10a and 2p
Apr 21, 22 ~ Fragrant Roses to Fill Your Senses - Antique Damask, Gallica and Bourbon roses. $4, 10a and 2p
Apr 28, 29 ~ Climbing Roses – Tour more than 75 varieties of climbing roses in full bloom. $4, 10a and 2p
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