Page 58 - Sonoma County gazette September 2018

Sept 1 ~ Kids Garden Workshop ~ Learn about growing food and taking care of our earth. FREE, 11a-12p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., 707- 823-7691, sonomalibrary.org
Sep 7 ~ Guided Public Tours at Garden Valley Ranch - A one-hour guided walking tour through rose fields, $10, 11a, Garden Valley Ranch, 498 Pepper Road, Petaluma, 707-795-0919, gardenvalley.com
Sep 8, 9 ~ Beckoning Butterflies, Birds & Bees to your Garden - 10a & 2p, $2 donation, Russian River Rose Company, 1685 Magnolia Drive, Healdsburg, 707- 433-7455, Jan Tolmasoff, russian-river- rose.com
presentation on Gardening with Native Plants, FREE, 7:30a, Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, milobaker.cnps.org
Sep 22 ~ Nathanson Stewards Volunteer Clean-up - Put on their gloves, and have a fun and productive morning tending the native garden. 9:30a-12:30p, Nathanson Creek Preserve Native Garden, 200 E MacArthur St, Sonoma
Ongoing
Thru Oct 27 ~ Community Seed Exchange A network of organic seed seed savers in Sonoma County. 9-12:30p, FREE, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol, communityseedexchange.org
Thru Oct 21 ~ Public Tours at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center - An 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community- organizing center. FREE; 1-2:30p, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874- 1557, oaec.org
Landscape Design Templates Now Available - Residential Landscape Design Templates available at download. savingwaterpartnership.org/landscape- design-templates
Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue Garden Club ~ Predator Prevention and Educational Barnyard Program. $20/month, Wildlife Rescue, 403 Mecham Rd, Petaluma, 707-992-0274, scwildliferescue.org
Sep 5, 12, 19, 26,~ Garden Volunteer Days
Occidental Arts and Ecololgy Center. 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, 707-874-1557, Doug Goslin, oaec.org
Sep 18 ~ Landscape Design and Gardening with Native Plants - The Milo Baker Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will host a FREE
Master Gardeners Fall Workshops
Sep 1 ~ Healthy Gardens Weed Management - FREE, 10:30a-12:30p, Sebastopol Regional Library, 7140 Bodega Ave., 707-565-2608, sonomamg.ucanr.edu
Sep 8 ~ The Transitional Fall-Winter Food Garden - Offering a free fall food gardening workshop. The garden is on the northwest side of the Windsor Town Green, at Windsor Road and Joe Rodata Way, just off the Windsor Civic Center Parking Lot. FREE, 10:30a-12:30p, Windsor Town Green Community Garden, 701 McClelland Dr., Windsor, 707-565-2608, mgsonoma@ucdavis.edu
Sep 15 ~ Growing Perennial Vegetables and Small Fruits - Annie Chambers. FREE,10:30a, Guerneville Library, 14107 Armstrong Woods Rd, 707-869-9004
Sep 20 ~ Climate Change and Us - Dr. Grant Ballard, Chief Science Officer Point Blue Conservations Science, Climate Change and US., $5, nonmembers, 7:30-9p, Spring Lake Village Auditorium, 5555 Mongomery Drive, Santa Rosa, wacsc.org
Sep 22 ~ Sonoma County Master Gardeners’ Fire-Wise Practices for Home Landscapes - FREE, 8:30a-12:30p, Finley Center, Person Senior Wing, 2060 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-565-2608, ucanr.edu/2018mgworkshops, mgsonoma@ucdavis.edu
Plant Sales for Good Causes
Every Wed ~ Luther Burbank Experiment Farm - 9-12p, 7781 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, 707-481-3488,
Sep 8, Oct 6 ~ Sonoma County Jail Plant Sale - 9-12p, FREE, Bring a cart to carry plants. 2254 Ordinance Rd., Santa Rosa, 707-525-8310, jailind@mcn.org
Sep 8 ~ Santa Rosa Iris Society - 9-3p, Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, santarosairis.org
Sep 15 ~ Valley of the Moon Autumn Plant Sale - Vegetable starts, annuals, perennials, succulents, pollinator plants - Master Gardener demonstrations 9a-12p, Sonoma Community Center, 276 E. Napa St., Sonoma, Dennis Przybycien, dennisnolga@sbcglobal.net
Ongoing ~ Vallejo Home Plant Sale - Grow plants propagated from the Vallejo Home property. Some plants are direct-descendants of the Vallejo era. Mon-Sun, 10-5p, Vallejo Home, 363 3rd St. W., Sonoma, 707-938-9558, Lynn Luzzi
Daily Acts 707-789-9664, dailyacts.org
Sep 13, 19, 28 ~ Daily Acts Garden Days - 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.
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
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