Calafia State Beach Cleanup

Calafia State Beach 250 Avenida Calafia, San Clemente, CA, United States

Join Coastkeeper to remove trash from Califia Beach before it reaches the Pacific Ocean! To ensure safety and comfort please bring closed toe shoes like rain or rubber boots, a reusable water bottle, trash picker, sun protection (sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses), and comfortable clothing. Advanced registration is required.

Free

Festival of Whales Cleanup

Doheny State Beach 25300 Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, CA, United States

Help protect our precious marine environment! Attend this cleanup at Doheny State Beach near the San Juan Creek River Mouth and lifeguard headquarters to prevent trash from flowing into the ocean. Please bring work or gardening gloves, a reusable water bottle, sunscreen, and comfortable clothing. No advanced registration is required and parking passes will be given during check-in.

Garden Design Workshop

Webinar CA, United States

Beautiful gardens can be watershed-wise too! This webinar will cover sizing and siting a stormwater capture area, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.

Free

CA Friendly Native Plant Landscape Webinar

Webinar CA, United States

CA Garden Friendly plants are important features for your landscape! This webinar will discuss building a healthy living soil sponge, holding rainwater on your property, selecting local native plants that minimize water use and maximize biodiversity, and controlling your irrigation. The class is free, but advanced registration is required.

Free

Drip Irrigation Fundamentals

Webinar CA, United States

Drip irrigation can be a tremendous asset for your landscape and OC's waterways. In this webinar, you will learn about soil moisture balance, key components of a properly installed drip system, typical problems with drip irrigation and how to avoid them, and developing a successful maintenance practice. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.

Free

Garden Design Workshop

Webinar CA, United States

Garden design can be intimidating, but this webinar can help. Learn about sizing and siting a stormwater capture area, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.

Free

Huntington State Beach Tower 9 Cleanup

Huntington State Beach Cleanup 21601 Pacific Coast Hwy, Tower 2, Huntington Beach, CA, United States

Join Coastkeeper to remove trash from Huntington State Beach near tower 9 before it reaches the Pacific Ocean! To ensure safety and comfort please bring closed toe shoes like rain or rubber boots, a reusable water bottle, trash picker, sun protection (sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses), and comfortable clothing. Advanced registration is required.

Turf: Remove, Replace, or Maintain it Organically

Fullerton Public Works Yard 1580 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton, United States

Turf removal and organic maintenance might seem challenging, but this workshop can help! This in-person event will discuss removing turf without chemicals, replacing turf with climate-appropriate plants, simple and resilient lawn care strategies, and managing weeds, pests, and disease. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.

Free

Water Better, Not Wetter

Laguna Beach Library 363 Glenneyre, Laguna Beach, United States

Conserving water doesn't have to mean a barren landscape! The Master Gardeners of Orange County will show you how to have a vibrant landscape by managing water and gardening in watershed-wise ways. This class is free and you can register by contacting lee.enos@occr.ocgov.com.

Free

Understanding Your Irrigation Timer

Webinar CA, United States

Learn about your irrigation controller! This webinar will go over soil moisture balance, the purpose and potential of a weather-based controller, special functions, troubleshooting typical problems, and more! This class is free and registration is required.

Free

Garden Pests

Huntington Beach Community Center 18041 Golden West St., Huntington Beach

Pests can be a pain. But, the OC Master Gardeners can help you outsmart the bad insects and attract the beneficial ones. They will give you watershed-wise information on prevention, avoidance, suppression, and responsible pest control. This class is free and no registration is required.

Free

Rainwater Harvesting

Webinar CA, United States

Rainwater collection can be a powerful way to prevent pollution and reduce water waste. This FREE webinar by Metropilitan Water District of Southern California (MET) will discuss selecting a rainwater collection method, swale and berm tips, information about cisterns, and integrating hardscapes. Advanced registration is required.

Free