This workshop helps you discover topics about covering sizing and siting a rainwater collection 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.
Show you care about the local community and our waterways. Join Surfrider to learn about their beach cleanup, rid trash from the shores, and collect data needed for making environmental decisions. Sign up online for the exact address.
Curious about reducing water use in your garden or yard? This webinar will go over how to program a controller, why to use drop irrigation over spray sprinklers, and easy ways to conserve water. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
Join Surfrider's beach cleanup at San Clemente Pier and help prevent litter from harming our local water resources. Bring your reusable water bottle, sunscreen, and work or garden gloves. Participants will have everything provided to do a beach clean and data collection. Advanced sign up is required. Sign up online for the exact address.
Dig, pull, and plant at Irby Park with Surfrider. 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.
Volunteer at Calafia Beach to protect our beautiful ocean. To ensure safety and comfort please bring closed toe shoes, a reusable water bottle, trash picker, sun protection (sunscreen, hat, and sunglasses), and comfortable clothing. Advanced registration is required. Sign up online for the exact address.
Bring the whole family for a fun day learning about water and getting to know your water provider. Enjoy food and children’s activities, experience a living tide pool, explore the WaterWorks Garden, and more! Be sure to plan on viewing the movie, The Journey of Water, and sign up for an Infrastructure Tour too. Advanced registration is required for specific...
Celebrate World Ocean Day by preventing pollution and having fun at Baby Beach! Join Stand Up to Trash in Dana Point for a day filled with free yoga, a beach cleanup, and a free lunch and learn session at Ocean Institute. Stand Up to Trash encourages participants to bring reusable supplies such as bags, gloves, and water bottles to reduce...
This in-person workshop covers how to remove turf and replace it with a watershed-wise landscape by understanding expenses, prioritizing the choices, and determining how to minimize costs. Topics include: key elements of a watershed-wise garden, working around limited budgets, pros and cons of collaborating with a professional versus DIY, and more! The class is free, but advance registration online is...
Do your part in keeping our waterways clean with Orange County Coastkeeper and prevent pollution at Bolsa Chica State Beach! Make sure to bring closed-toed shoes, comfortable and weather-appropriate clothing, sun protection, and your own cleanup equipment. This is a free event and advanced registration online is required. Sign up for the exact address.
In this webinar you will learn about removing turf without the use of chemicals, replacing turf with climate-appropriate plants, and how to successfully apply for a turf replacement rebate. This class is free, but advanced registration is required.
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.