Events

Workshop #1 (of 3) – The California Landscape Contractors Association and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California now offer a one-of-a-kind certification and educational opportunity for landscape professionals in Southern California. This joint effort combines the CLCA Water Management Certification Program with the Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper program to offer the landscape industry an opportunity to obtain two nationally recognized...

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation for a morning of creating healthier habitats at the 18-acre Berns Canyon Preserve! Volunteers and staff will work together on various stewardship activities, including hand-weeding non-native plants, hand watering, seed collection, and planting. No experience is necessary, and all are welcome to come learn and tend to these habitats together. All tools are provided for volunteers....

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation and OC Parks during their habitat restoration stewardship events in Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park to learn and work together to create a healthier home for the native plants and wildlife. Volunteer stewardship tasks may include removal of non-native plants, seed collection, planting of native plants, and/or trash pick-up along the creek. No experience is...

Join OC Parks staff and volunteers for our monthly program where art meets ecology! Come explore the natural world through the lens of creativity as everyday discarded materials are transformed into unique works of art. This program starts with a brief nature walk (approximately 0.75 miles) and talk about what pollutants enter our waterway, and how both plants and people...

Join Laguna Canyon Foundation and OC Parks during their habitat restoration stewardship events in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park to learn and work together to create a healthier home for the native plants and wildlife. Volunteer stewardship tasks may include removal of non-native plants, seed collection, planting of native plants, and/or trash pick-up along the creek. No experience is necessary. Advanced...

Help keep the waters of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve healthy! On the last Sundays of the month, help clean up trash from the area around the south parking lot and footbridge. Tools, gloves and buckets will be provided. Click the link to register online.

Workshop #2 (of 3) – The California Landscape Contractors Association and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California now offer a one-of-a-kind certification and educational opportunity for landscape professionals in Southern California. This joint effort combines the CLCA Water Management Certification Program with the Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper program to offer the landscape industry an opportunity to obtain two nationally recognized...

Become a volunteer with the Reserve Watch program. Volunteers work to create awareness through education and outreach to encourage environmentally conscious behavior, monitor critical species for future management and facilitate their rescue when needed. Click the link for more information and to get involved!

Join OC Habitats and Project Grow in restoring the salt marsh habitat at Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve to restore the vital salt marsh ecosystem through invasive plant removal and trash cleanup. For more information and to sign up online, visit the Eventbrite link.

Help Grow Native Plants for Restoration at the Back Bay Science Center. Volunteers assist in seasonal nursery activities such as seed collection and sowing, processing cuttings, composting, and more, no experience needed! Advanced registration is required.

The FLOW (follow & learn about the ocean and wetlands) program is a community-based water quality research program designed to better understand, identify, and respond to sources of pollution. FLOW volunteers collect a weekly ocean water sample from different water collection sites and analyze its chemical properties and planktonic composition. Starting point will be the Bolsa Chica State Beach –...

Join Surfrider at Irby Park to help restore the native landscape! Activities include removing invasive weeds, planting native vegetation, and working on other important projects. This is a free event and advanced registration is required. Sign up online for the exact address.