Registration recommended | This Event is FREE!  |  Food & drink will be provided! Join SSU’s Center for Environmental Inquiry, SSU’s Kinesiology Department, and community members to celebrate the unveiling of the new and improved SSU Native Plant & Butterfly Garden and Copeland Creek Trail. Come celebrate major milestones in this interdisciplinary project, involving more than a dozen departments and groups on and off campus. Meet the students, faculty, partners, and others who made this collaborative endeavor a reality. Also, check out the new QR code educational activities along the trail, and enjoy a revamped garden, new seating, and interactive…

Program: Composting, the mystery of gardening! Join us and learn how to compost using kitchen and table scraps, dry and moist plant material to create nutrient-rich organic matter. Compost will improve your soil and plants, while at the same time reducing the waste in our landfills. Speakers: Joan Irwin has been a UC Master Gardener since 2003. She presents frequently on composting, organic gardening and community gardens. She learned to love gardening from her grandmother in Michigan and has gardened in the Bay Area for 40 years. Joan has degrees from the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley. Cost: FREE Sponsors: Marin Master Gardeners…

Join the City of Santa Rosa and other Creek Protectors every first and third Saturday of the month for their creek cleanup on the Greenway. Meet at Olive Park Footbridge, near 1698 Hazel St at 10am. All ages are welcome to participate in the cleanup of this restored section of creek in downtown Santa Rosa. It’s home to a variety of aquatic and terrestrial species, including heron, steelhead trout, and river otters! SIGN UP HERE Event registration will be used to inform participants in the case of cancellation.

Program: Ground covers serve many functions in the landscape, including suppressing weeds, reducing erosion, replacing lawns, softening hardscapes, and filling in large expanses. Native groundcovers have the benefits of being adapted to our environment and supporting native biodiversity. In addition, they often require little maintenance or water. In this presentation, we will discuss seventeen of our favorite native groundcovers. Speakers: Kathy Hunting, a Master Gardener since 2014, is an environmental health scientist by training. She lives on a sunny acre in Point Reyes Station where her garden is full of tasty vegetables and fruits. She also attempts to grow ornamentals that the…

Get your hands dirty for a good cause—volunteer in the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation native plant garden and help pollinators thrive. Snacks provided! Share Your Passion for Pollinators! Help the native plant garden flourish while connecting with community and nature. Volunteers play a vital role in keeping the Laguna Environmental Center beautiful and thriving. Typical tasks include planting, pruning, weeding, and spreading wood chips—there’s always something rewarding to do! The diverse landscape features native wildflowers, grasses, sedges, forbs, and trees, along with special highlights like a living willow tunnel in the Children’s Playscape, a scenic bridge over a swale,…

Program: Many of our Marin landscapes are filled with plants from across the globe—chosen over the years for their beauty, availability, or practicality. Today, more gardeners are rethinking those choices and looking to create landscapes that truly support the local ecosystem. California native plants offer a natural fit. Adapted to our climate, they thrive with less water, minimal fertilizer, and can handle our long, dry summers. Just as importantly, they’ve evolved alongside local birds, insects, and wildlife—providing essential food and habitat right in your backyard. Join us for this hands-on pruning workshop, where you’ll learn how to care for both woody…

Eco-Wise Workshop Series 2026 Topic: Stormwater protection and natural disaster preparation Location: Rohnert Park Community Center, Meeting Room #2, 5401 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park Presenters: City of Rohnert Park Public Works, Sonoma Water Description: Learn how to live in harmony with the natural elements that shape our lives. Where does water go when it leaves our homes, yards, and streets, and why is it important? How can you be better prepared for natural disasters such as storms, wildfires, and earthquakes? Join us and find out!

Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair? Bring it to the Repair Fair! Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair* your items. Please stay with your item while it’s being fixed, so you can learn tips for future maintenance, how to shop for repairable goods, and even how to repair things yourself! If you’d like to bring an item to repair, please register the item here. (Pre-registering allows them to prepare for your item!) This is a free public event. *There is no guarantee your item(s) will be repaired, depending on the existing…

     Register today for this FREE online QWEL certification training course sponsored by Solano County Water Agency!   The QWEL training will be facilitated live over Zoom by one of our highly rated QWEL certified instructors and is available to professionals living or conducting business in Solano County, Napa County, and Yolo County. Like previous in-person classes, the online version will cover all sections of the QWEL reference manual. This includes topics on: Sustainable landscape design principles, Soil properties and health, Plant water needs, Overhead spray irrigation system audits, Irrigation system troubleshooting and maintenance, and Irrigation system programming and operation.…

Presented in partnership with the Petaluma Arts Center and Recology San Francisco and Santa Rosa, It’s Not Trash: Reclaiming and Transforming honors artists who repurpose discarded materials to create work centered on sustainability, storytelling, and community restoration. Reuse Alliance, in collaboration with community participants, will be creating and exhibiting a textile-based art installation at the upcoming exhibition, opening this fall at the Petaluma Arts Center. This summer, they are hosting a series of skill-based workshops centered around transforming and repurposing textile waste collected from clothing swaps and their new creative reuse store at the Reuse Hub. The installation, texTILES, will be featured…

Do you have a lamp, small appliance, textile, or bike in need of repair? Bring it to the Repair Fair! Volunteers and specialized repair professionals will be on-hand to repair* your items. Please stay with your item while it’s being fixed, so you can learn tips for future maintenance, how to shop for repairable goods, and even how to repair things yourself! If you’d like to bring an item to repair, please register the item here. (Pre-registering allows them to prepare for your item!) This event will also include a Clothing Swap! Bring clothing and accessories to share and take home something new-to-you.…

40th Annual Russian River Watershed Cleanup Day September 19th, 2026 Join Russian Riverkeeper in their annual tradition of gathering together and showing the river some love by helping remove the trash and plastic pollution that has been accumulating since their last cleanup. In 2025, 520 volunteers cleaned up 13 tons of trash in a single day! All volunteers get a special commemorative t-shirt! Signups are now open and will fill up fast! Last day to signup is September 15th and 11:59pm Feel free to contact Ariel Majorana with questions.