Page 55 - Sonoma County Gazette November 2018

GARDEN VOLUNTEERS Needed
Nov 2 & 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
Nov 7, Nov 14, Nov 28, 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
Nov 17 & 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
Nov 24 ~ Healing Garden Installation at Veteran’s Village - Join Daily Acts for at Community Housing Sonoma County, this new tiny home site will provide housing for one of our most vulnerable populations, previously homeless veterans. We are creating a sustainable model that can be replicated. 10a - 2p, Community Housing Sonoma County, 665 Russell Ave, Santa Rosa, 707-789-9664, dailyacts.org Ongoing ~
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 a volunteer workday. Volunteer, Drop-In Hours - Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, 9-1p, Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 7th St. E., Sonoma, 707-996-0712, sonomagardenpark.org
VOLUNTEER for LandPaths 618 4th St. Santa Rosa, outings@landpaths. org, 707-544-7284
Nov 2 - Nov 24 ~ Stewardship Workday at Riddell Preserve - LandPaths is installing a brand spankin’ new trail system and you can be a part of it. Free, 9a-1p, Riddell Preserve, Riddell Preserve 2575 Brack Road, Healdsburg, landpaths.z2systems.com/ np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=953
Nov 3 ~ The Grove of Old Trees Annual Workday and Potluck - Friends of the Grove (FOG) & LandPaths welcome you to attend the work and/or food/social. Free, 8:45a, Occidental, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=985
Nov 9 ~ Willow Creek Ranch Stewardship Workday with Piano Music in the Meadow - Join LandPaths ED Craig Anderson and friends as we will be clearing trails. Free, 10a - 5p, Willowcreek Watershed, Sonoma County, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/ clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=986
Nov 10 ~ Andy’s Unity Park Community Garden - Help us build this vibrant community space from the ground up, Free, 10a - 1p, Andy’s Unity Park Community Garden, 329 Anteeo Way, Santa Rosa, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/clients/ landpaths/event.jsp?event=873
Nov 10 ~ Stewardship Workday at the Fitch Mountain Preserve - Maintain the trails, preserve natural resources, meet new people, learn new things. Free, 9a - 1p, Fitch Mountain Preserve, Sonoma County, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/clients/ landpaths/event.jsp?event=980
Nov 16 ~ Stewardship Workday at Bohemia Ecological Preserve - Give nature a hand! Come and join us at the stunning, 1,000-acre Bohemia Ecological Preserve. Free, 9a - 1p, Bohemia Ecological Preserve, 6773 Bohemian Highway, Occidental, landpaths. z2systems.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=948
Nov 28 ~ Stewardship Workday at the Healdsburg Open Space - Lend a hand to steward the beautiful Healdsburg Ridge Open Space Preserve. Free, 9a - 1p, , Healdsburg, landpaths.z2systems.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=974
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