About This Community Input Session What would it look like if our neighborhoods were designed to work with and welcome water instead of sending it away? As a part of their Harvest the Rain Pilot Program, Daily Acts is inviting Petaluma community members who live near or are frequent visitors in the Adobe Creek area to REIMAGINE THE RAIN by attending an interactive, neighborhood-based community input session. Join this Community Input Session to: Help Daily Acts understand your experience with stormwater Learn from local experts in our community Connect with your neighbors over FREE dinner Provide feedback on DIY rain garden and curb…

About This Community Input Session What would it look like if our neighborhoods were designed to work with and welcome water instead of sending it away? As a part of their Harvest the Rain Pilot Program, Daily Acts is inviting Petaluma community members who live near or are frequent visitors in the Corona/Capri Creek area to REIMAGINE THE RAIN by attending an interactive, neighborhood-based community input session. Join this Community Input Session to: Help Daily Acts understand your experience with stormwater Learn from local experts in our community Connect with your neighbors over FREE dinner Provide feedback on DIY rain garden and curb…

Creeks, whether year-round or seasonal, provide critical wildlife habitat and corridors. Remove invasive plants and trash from our creeks to keep them healthy for native species. All tools, gloves, and materials supplied. Snacks, refreshments and additional support of Regional Parks’ volunteer programs generously provided by Sonoma County Parks Foundation: https://www.sonomacountyparksfoundation.org/. Registration required. Recommended that participants dress in layers, wear comfortable, closed toe hiking shoes and bring a hat and sunscreen. Most programs will happen rain or shine, but may be canceled during heavy rains, heavy smoke, or extreme temperatures. Ages 13 and under require a parent or guardian present. Ages…

Get your hands dirty for a good cause—volunteer in the native plant garden and help pollinators thrive. Snacks provided! 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, a tranquil pond, and an observation deck with sweeping views.…

Join the Garden Steward Program – Volunteer with Daily Acts! Looking for a hands-on way to support Petaluma’s community gardens? Join Daily Acts for their Garden Steward Volunteer Days, where they provide ongoing care for local demonstration gardens while creating meaningful opportunities for community involvement and connection. 🌿 What to Expect These are casual, small-group workdays where seasonal garden needs are tackled. Tasks may include: ✔️ Mulching, weeding, planting ✔️ Pruning ✔️ Irrigation fixes & garden assessments For more information contact emily@dailyacts.org

Join the Garden Steward Program – Volunteer with Daily Acts! Looking for a hands-on way to support Petaluma’s community gardens? Join Daily Acts for their Garden Steward Volunteer Days, where they provide ongoing care for local demonstration gardens while creating meaningful opportunities for community involvement and connection. 🌿 What to Expect These are casual, small-group workdays where seasonal garden needs are tackled. Tasks may include: ✔️ Mulching, weeding, planting ✔️ Pruning ✔️ Irrigation fixes & garden assessments For more information contact emily@dailyacts.org

Program: Come and discover succulents and their culture. Learn about their growing habits, how to propagate them, prune them and see a demonstration on how to repot them. If you have questions regarding problems with your succulents you may bring a printed photo or iPad for discussion. Speaker: Gary Bartl, a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2001, has over 25-years of gardening experience. Gary was lead designer in the development of the succulent garden at the Falkirk Cultural Center in San Rafael that is now managed and maintained by UC Marin Master Gardeners. Cost: FREE Sponsors: Marin Master Gardeners and…

Program: In this presentation, you will learn why lawns are not eco-friendly, watch a short video that shows the best method to easily eliminate one, and discover how to decide the best use for the space. Discuss the latest in walkable green plants, plus a host of other possibilities that will broaden your definition of “lawn alternative” as UC Master Gardeners answer these questions: Why replace your lawn? Three methods for lawn removal. What do you put where your lawn was? Speaker: Marie Narlock has been a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2004. She studied landscape design through the UC…

Come to Fall for Natives in the beautiful habitat garden! Learn to identify and appreciate native plants and the animals that eat, shelter, and reproduce in them. UC Master Gardeners will provide advice and support to help you learn how to start and grow native habitat at home, support native bees and honeybees, promote beneficial insects, plant under oaks, and kick-start your first native plant efforts. Participants of this free program will be gifted with a native plant while supplies last!

Come Grow, Learn, Play, and Shop! This fun, free event for children and adults ​will be held at Nokhnoma Teaching and Demonstration Garden* in Santa Rosa. Activities for children will include items they can make and take home such as corn husk dolls, sun catchers, gratitude banners, seed pots, garden art rocks, and more! Marketplace will feature an assortment of 4-inch and 1-gallon succulents, succulent containers, succulent topped pumpkins in assorted sizes, small and medium wreaths crafted with flora, cones and/or succulents, oyster shell succulents and decoupage oyster shell ornaments, beaded light catchers, and gardening books. All proceeds benefit the UC…

Join the Planting Day — help build a thriving meadow habitat at Santa Rosa Junior College – Petaluma Campus Daily Acts and Santa Rosa Junior College are teaming up to transform the underutilized lawn throughout the school! This summer, they sheet mulched 4 sections of lawn and created a rain garden to help catch all the winter rain. This fall is the right time to get native & climate-appropriate plantings in the ground before winter season arrives! Help create a water-wise landscape that will build habitat and bring beauty to the school community for years to come. NOTE: All are…

Program: A seed and plant exchange where library patrons can get seedlings and seeds to plant, information on planting wildflower seeds and other pollinator seeds, and other planting information from Marin Master Gardeners. Venue: Civic Center Library, Room 427 Cost: Free