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Planting Abundance at the Petaluma Library
You’re invited! Join us to get your hands in the soil and learn about native, edible, and pollinator-friendly plant choices. Daily Acts, with support from the City of Petaluma, will be planting the new Living, Learning Landscape at the Petaluma Regional Library on March 24th and we need volunteers!
By Date
Mar 7 ~ Luther Burbank’s birthday and Arbor Day at Burbank’s Goldridge Experiment Farm, 7777 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, 10--Noon. Farm Curator Alex Stanley will plant two Lovell Peach rootstocks to replace ailing rootstock. FREE. cupcakes and apple cider.
Mar 15 ~ Robin Stockwell - The Succulent Guy - Supports Santa Rosa Garden
Mar 31~ Community Seed Exchange - Join a network of seed savers in Sonoma County. Work Party, 9-10:30, FREE 11-12p 9-12p, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol, communityseedexchange.org/
Apr 1 ~ TOUR Occidental Arts & Ecology Center Tour 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy center. FREE, 1-2:30p, at 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874-1557, oaec.org/events/tours/
Daily Acts: dailyacts.org
Mar 7 ~ Workshop: Dream & Design Your Garden - develop an individualized landscape design for growing towards your own water-wise garden paradise. FREE, 6-7:30p, Cotati Room, 216 East School Street, Cotati (Located behind the Ray Miller Community Center)
Mar 8 ~ Garden Day: Cavanagh Center Food Forest - Give our model landscapes site some consistent love. FREE 10-12p 426 8th Street, Petaluma
Mar 10 ~ Living Well in Toxic Times: Integrative Self-Care Tools for Fire Recovery & Resilience - Experts share self-care tools that you can use to reduce exposure, naturally detoxify, and build resilient health. $0-$20, 10-1p, 6000 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol
Mar 23 ~ Garden Day: Pocket Park - Volunteer days to give Pocket Park some lov. FREE 2-4p Cotati Pocket Park at the intersection of LaSalle and Loretto Streets, Cotati.
Mar 24 ~ WORKPARTY: Creating the Living, Learning Landscape at the Petaluma Library - Create a water-wise, landscape. FREE, 10-3p, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma. Registration, 707-789-9664, dailyacts.org/, moreinfo@dailyacts.org
Over 100 volunteers sheet mulched the lawn last fall and installed rain
gardens. The paths are in and the redwood benches and sculpture will be going Club’s educational programs and
in soon. Now it’s time to bring the garden to life with plants!
Imagine kids reading under the
projects. $25, 2-4p, Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., SR, 707-953-4241, santarosagardenclub.com
Mar 17 ~ Larkfield Community Work Party - We will provide work gloves, drinking water and snacks. 10-2p, Maddux Ranch park, 450 Noonan Ranch Lane, Santa Rosa, communitysoil.org/, info@communitysoil.org
Mar 24 ~ Getting Your Food Garden Ready for Spring - Learn what spring crops can be planted now. Demonstration food and pollinator garden. Spanish translation will be available. FREE, 10:30 – 12:30, Bayer Farm 1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa igrowsonoma.org
Mar 24 ~ Grow in the Garden: Bilingual Event - FREE, 1-4p, Sonoma Ecology Center. 707-591-1726 or alana@ sonomaecologycenter.org
Mar 26 ~ Urban Farming & Backyard Sustainability - Jonathan Bravo of LandPaths, 7-9p, Carpenter's Hall, 1700 Corby Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-877-6650, occupysonomacounty.org/
Mar 26 ~ KBBF Presents An Occupy Sonoma County Teach- in: Urban Farming & Backyard Sustainability Monday - Presentation by Jonathan Bravo of LandPaths 7-9p, OccupySonomaCounty.org, peaceandjusticesonomaco. 707-877-6650. Carpenter’s Hall - 1700 Corby Ave., Santa Rosa
polluted stormwater. Can you lend a hand to help make this vision a reality?
If so, please sign up in advance at www.dailyacts.org so we can contact folks in the event of rain postponement. Delicious lunch and refreshments provided!
When:Saturday, March 24th | 10:00am - 3:00pm
Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr, Petaluma
Rain Date: March 31st, same time (for heavy rain only...rain postponement will
be announced via email to people who sign up in advance)
A few of our favorite plants installed at this garden are highlighted below:
Indian Freestone Peach (Prunus
shade of luscious fruit trees and enjoying classes on Native History and Ethnobotany while birds, bees and butter ies utter everywhere. All that while saving over 100,000 gallons of potable water per year and capturing thousands of gallons of rainwater before it becomes
persica) This little fruit tree is a secret summer delight with a rich history. It’s a secret because the fruit looks a little like your dog’s dirty tennis ball, but the esh inside is spectacular! They were rst brought from the Old World to Mexico in the 1500’s. Because they will grow true to seed (rather than only by grafting), the pits were traded north and
ended up being planted all over by native people. When European settlers came to the new US, they were surprised to nd this familiar fruit growing. Super tasty and aromatic when fully ripe. They are highly Peach Leaf Curl resistant and put on a beautiful, buzzing ower show in the spring. Needs another
Master Gardener’s Winter Library Series & Workshops
Mar 3 ~ A Healthy Gardens Approach to Managing Weeds - Integrated Pest Management 10:30-12:30p, Healdsburg Regional Library, 139 Piper St.
Mar 3 ~ The Option of Straw Bale Gardening - An alternative for the beginner gardener, a way of adaptive gardening for the disabled gardener, or withlimitedspace.10:30-12:30p,Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd., SR
Mar 24 ~ Getting Your Food Garden Ready for Spring - Options for providing crops an ideal growing environment. 10:30-12:30p, Bayer Farm Community Garden, 1550 West Avenue, SR, ucanr.edu
Mar 24 ~ Supermarket Orchid Survival Class - How to keep it blooming! 10:30- 12:30p, Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd.
Mar 3 ~ Gardening for Pollinators Mar 24 ~ Gardening 101: Just the Basics
Learn how to attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. 10:30-12:30p, Windsor Regional Library, 9291 Old Redwood Hwy., Windsor
Mar 10 ~ Plant4Bees - Gardening with flowers high in nectar and pollen. 10:30-12:30p, Guerneville Regional Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd., Guerneville
Mar 10 ~ Don’t Step on It, It’s Alive: An Introduction to Soil - All about soil health. 10:30-12:30p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol
From soil preparation to healthy plant maintenance. 10:30-12:30p, Petaluma Regional Library, 100 Fairgrounds Dr., Petaluma
Mar 24 ~ A Healthy Gardens’ Approach to Managing Weeds - Manage weeds while minimizing risks to people and the environment. 10:30-12:30p, Sonoma Valley Library, 755 West Napa St., Sonoma
sonomacounty.libcal.com All workshops are FREE
peach or nectarine as a pollinizer. You can also see and taste a mature one at the Sebastopol Library.
Goumi Berry (Elaeagnus multiflora) A what? A Gooomy? Yes correct! This 4-6’ shrub gets covered in tiny little red fruit, that are super high in antioxidants. Its leaves and fruits both have little golden textured bumps all over, and it is overall an attractive upright plant. It is also a nitrogen xer, so it helps
your soil and other plants thrive.
Hummingbird Sage (Salvia
spathacea) I love this Salvia because it is a low-growing, creeping groundcover that can take sun or dry shade. As the name implies, it is also a hummingbird magnet! Smells nice and is relatively gopher and pest resistant.
Hope to see you at the Library to learn more about these and other magni cently multi-functional plants!
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